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Re:2015 “smashed” 2014’s global temperature record by js8 on Wednesday January 20, 2016 @06:07PM (#10942123)
Not that much, actually: http://www.techinsider.io/map-shows-solar-panels-to-power-th...

It certainly seems more feasible than some feeble attempt to cover the Earth with a reflective surface as a geoengineering measure to counteract global warming.

Re:2015 “smashed” 2014’s global temperature record by JupiterMoon on Wednesday January 20, 2016 @06:23PM (#10942229)
Promising. However naive extrapolation from that source would would be a significant underestimate of required capacity. Western Europe has significant seasonal deviations in sun. Our governments would not accept direct electrical imports from Africa. We also consume much more energy per capita that other regions.