Low emissions, but not without environmental impact. The materials required are fairly environmental unfriendly, in mining/processing, in production (high energy in manufacturing), and in disposal of waste and breakage and replacements.
Way better than coal, but still needs some work. Very cool thought, very cool article. On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > How many solar panels to cover the energy needs of the world now and into > 2030? > > Surprisingly less than you may think compared to the total world area. > > That's 'Free' Energy, with ZERO emmissions. > > Think we could get a Trillian dollar global stimulus package to make THAT > happen? :-) > > > http://gizmodo.com/5350191/how-many-solar-panels-would-it-take-to-power-the-entire-world > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:303219 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
