Re:Prometheus: Fuel from the Air
by rootusrootus on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @06:16PM
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> What area would it take to produce several GW that a few reactors would produce?
Out of curiosity, I tried some napkin math on this. If Nevada went whole hog, used say, 1% of their total land for solar, they could produce almost half the electrical needs of the US, if I haven't mucked up the math too much.
Sounds plausible, but 1% of Nevada's land for solar would indeed be 'all the way to the horizon' in many places.
Out of curiosity, I tried some napkin math on this. If Nevada went whole hog, used say, 1% of their total land for solar, they could produce almost half the electrical needs of the US, if I haven't mucked up the math too much.
Sounds plausible, but 1% of Nevada's land for solar would indeed be 'all the way to the horizon' in many places.