Comments on: Eric Drexler on global warming http://futurismic.com/2009/01/08/eric-drexler-on-global-warming/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dagonweb http://futurismic.com/2009/01/08/eric-drexler-on-global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-17613 Dagonweb Sun, 11 Jan 2009 12:29:06 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=5473#comment-17613 One residential KwH costs about 10K$ to install. [http://www.solarbuzz.com/StatsCosts.htm] A single solar watt, wholesale will go for under 4$. High end US-ian consumers burn through 8-12Kwh 24/7 (!). A brazilian uses about 1Kwh. The world currently generates 16+ Trillion Kw or equivalent. So can I conclude that about five to ten 'wars on terror' (aimingfor 1 watt = 1 euro) -waged by the entire world, not just by a single rogue hyperpower- will more or less fix this (and has the added bonus of sending the saudi back into tents) issue? That is about 1000KwH per m2 at the equator, optimal conditions..... Hmmmm I can see solar farms displacing normal farms in the thirties, especially if we can afford continuing growth by then. [http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/002185.html] As calculated by the researchers, the total impervious surface area of the 48 states and District of Columbia is approximately 112,610 square kilometers [43,480 square miles], and, for comparison, the total area of the state of Ohio is 116,534 square kilometers [44,994 square miles]. One residential KwH costs about 10K$ to install. [http://www.solarbuzz.com/StatsCosts.htm] A single solar watt, wholesale will go for under 4$. High end US-ian consumers burn through 8-12Kwh 24/7 (!). A brazilian uses about 1Kwh. The world currently generates 16+ Trillion Kw or equivalent. So can I conclude that about five to ten ‘wars on terror’ (aimingfor 1 watt = 1 euro) -waged by the entire world, not just by a single rogue hyperpower- will more or less fix this (and has the added bonus of sending the saudi back into tents) issue?

That is about 1000KwH per m2 at the equator, optimal conditions….. Hmmmm I can see solar farms displacing normal farms in the thirties, especially if we can afford continuing growth by then.

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As calculated by the researchers, the total impervious surface area of the 48 states and District of Columbia is approximately 112,610 square kilometers [43,480 square miles], and, for comparison, the total area of the state of Ohio is 116,534 square kilometers [44,994 square miles].

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