With the upcoming power rationing, I couldn’t 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 desert, with less cloud cover and a better solar angle,
one can obtain closer to 8.3 kWh/mē/day. The unpopulated area of the Sahara
desert is over 9 million kmē, 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, nuclear,
and hydroelectric).””