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Re:Batteries: How cheap can they get? by taneliv on Friday July 05, 2024 @02:11AM (#40880178)
The difference between surface solar radiation levels in the US and Europe are wild[1], fully agree on the rounding error view. Anchorage seems to receive the same level of watts per area as Germany and Poland.

[1] https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I5kzJIeV4Ds/VFSHUX3374I/AAAAAAAAA...

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Re:Batteries: How cheap can they get? by Gibbon1 on Friday July 05, 2024 @04:49AM (#40880974)
Amusing southern California is getting more watts per m2 then A lot of North Africa.

This is a good source, population by latitude.

http://www.statsmapsnpix.com/2021/11/world-population-by-lat...

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Re:Batteries: How cheap can they get? by taneliv on Friday July 05, 2024 @08:17AM (#40882045)
It's missing the "most population in smallest (circular) area" view, as defined in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeriepieris_circle .
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Re:Batteries: How cheap can they get? by Gibbon1 on Friday July 05, 2024 @07:55PM (#40887112)
Need a renewables feasibility index that accounts for the amount of solar, wind, hydro vs climate and typical weather. And bin plot population vs that.

Seems obvious that Norway, Washington State have lots of hydro. Places like Spain and California have lots of steady sun. Scotland, no sun in the winter but lots wind all the time. Those places renewables aren't problematic.

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