With the upcoming power rationing, I couldnt help but wonder why we are relying only on one source of energy for electricity. Must we wait for the white man to always lead the way Read below how Europe wants to use the sahara desert to produce energy that will be sufficient for the whole continent (i.e Europe ) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article5887597.ece Want to know why they choose the sahara http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaic_array#_note-0 In the Sahara <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara> desert, with less cloud cover and a better solar angle, one can obtain closer to 8.3 kWh/m²/day. The unpopulated area of the Sahara desert is over 9 million km², which if covered with solar panels would provide 630 terawatts total power. The Earth's current energy consumption rate is around 13.5 TW at any given moment (including oil, gas, coal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal> , nuclear <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power> , and hydroelectric <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectric> ).