[ExI] Wind, solar could provide 99.9% of ALL POWER by 2030
Dave Sill
sparge at gmail.com
Thu Jan 17 18:58:36 UTC 2013
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 1:45 PM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm, let's see what it would take to run a 100 horsepower motor 24 hours a
> day, that's about what a small compact car would have.
1. Nobody runs their car 24 hours per day.
2. Nobody runs the engine in their car at full power for more than a
few minutes per day. Cruising at highway speeds requires about 20 HP.
-Dave
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