[ale] Intelligent Power (was global warming) [OT]

[Geoffrey]

JK wrote:
> George Allen wrote:
>> Still off topic but contains oblig. Linux ref.
>>
>> Just remembered an idea I had... that's tangentailly related to global 
>> warming.
>>
>> Say - as a spin-off to 'The Matrix,' to fulfill our renewable power needs... 
>> we used solar panels....
>>
>> Say - layout a grid-array of solar panels over say... most of Nevada...
> 
> I read somewhere a while back that at current photovoltaic efficiency
> levels, a 50x50 mile block of panels would supply the US's electricity
> demand.  So there'd be plenty of headroom with a block the size of
> Nevada :-)  And there's tons of empty space out here in TX...

I've always wondered why they don't simply build homes with solar panel 
roofs?  You don't use up existing real estate..

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin