[ExI] Wind, solar could provide 99.9% of ALL POWER by 2030

[spike]

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[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Mike Dougherty
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>> Incidentally at the latest count there are 1,000,000,000 working cars 
> on this planet. I didn't try to calculate how many solar cells you'd 
> need to run a blast furnace at a steel mill, or a 747.

>...I want to see the blueprint for a solar-powered 747.  I imagine it has a
sleek black surface built of solar panels and an impressive array of carbon
nanotubes harnessing about half-a-million pigeons...

>... more enginerring?
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No pigeons necessary, the solar cells to run the 747 are not carried aloft.
A few hectares of solar panels in the desert powers a coal to kerosene
plant, fill er up and off you go.  I can imagine solar powered coal to
liquids will be an important process in the future because it mostly solves
the problem of moving the power to the people, right on.

spike