In reply to grok's message of Sun, 3 May 2009 15:22:30 -0700: Hi, [snip] >Which is exactly why there are immediate gains for a world-wide energy >grid: there are no 'off-peak' hours, there. It's always 'High Noon' >_somewhere_ on the planet. [snip] While this is true, don't forget that about 70% of the surface area is water. That makes collecting solar energy there more difficult (particularly as one has to take severe storms into account).
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