By 2050 solar power could end U.S. dependence on foreign oil

A Solar Grand Plan - Scientific American Magazine
Full Text in English:
http://solarplan.blogspot.com/2008/03/solar-grand-plan.html

Sogar die USA können unabhängig vom Öl werden: Wissenschaftler skizzieren erstmals in einem detaillierten Konzept, wie das Land bis 2050 mit Solarstrom versorgt werden kann - der Bau von Mega-Sonnenkraftwerken sei keineswegs unrealistisch.

Benzin und Heizöl werden immer teurer, im Nahen Osten sind die USA auch wegen des Öls in Kriege verwickelt, und die Nachfrage nach fossilen Brennstoffen wird noch wachsen - etwa in China und Indien. Dann drohen auch künftig Auseinandersetzungen um den Zugang zu Energieressourcen. Derweil emittieren Kohle-, Öl- und Gaskraftwerke sowie Kraftfahrzeuge in aller Welt Millionen Tonnen Treibhausgase jährlich - und gefährden dadurch das globale Klima.

Kompletter Text in Deutsch:
http://schlechtwettersolarstrom.blogspot.com/2008/09/so-wird-l-berflssig.html

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[geoffshred]

I'm an engineer. The entire united states can be solar electrified- the ENTIRE USA, in just a few years, by reducing the military budget to 1983 level, adjusted for inflation, and spending the difference "millitary waste" on solar and wind power across the country. I computed this twice.. under five years, the whole freakin country - not a drop of oil, coal, gas, or nuclear involved. meanwhile, coast-to-coast dummies think we really should be pilfering oil to keep the oil cats rich instead.

[zsupersaiyan]

I'd hate to be in that plane when it was night.

[TeboFire]

Great!! Now you can start calculating the solid wast that will fill our landfills 15 years down the road when all these solar cells start burning out.

[cseagmo]

Why did you don´t upload yours number´s to see it.

or just bluff.

cseagmo

[mphello]

@geoffshred BRAVO! GREATEST ... COMMENT .... EVER!!

[mphello]

@papiiuenvy186 Then don't drive a tank behind enemy territory. Find a different job.

[mphello]

Nuclear power (besides being colossally polluting because of all the oil that goes into building, processing fuel, maintaining, then decommissioning after the reactors decay) is totally useless if we don't have electric cars. So, idiotic to blame only solar and wind-generated electric power for not providing all our power and material (things we MAKE out of oil) without first condemning coal and nuclear.

[boxa888]

NIKOLA TESLA could have saved us from this 100 yrs ago! please look it up, he created a wireless energy system that allowed energy to be obtained anywhere on earth! i put up info on my youtube and i demostrate a 20 ft wireless transmission to prove that the system works! we could build it right away and get off of this oil dependence, you can run cars wirelessly. please read tesla's "increasing human energy" it tells u real clean energy

TELL OTHERS

[crazydudetz]

@geoffshred Numbers please.

What solar and wind are you proposing that we use? The specifics. I'm curious as to the efficiency, average lifetime, and cost per unit. Also any rare materials needed in construction.

Also, what did you use to solve the energy storage problem, aka the battery problem? Or do we simply not have power when and where it's not sunny and not windy?

[sickasso72]

I cant handle another 39 years of gas pumps, price fluctuation from mere speculation, and hearing about oil company record profits while I'm un-employed!

[OAbrey]

Solar will never be enough. Just trying to solarize for human consumption would cover so much ground it would be an environmental disaster. Solar is nice where it takes up already utilized space. Unless you live in the far north or south of the planet. That combined with variability of sun shine make it a poor substitution for other sorts of power. If we want to break the carbon habit, we have to go nuclear. It is the only other viable source at the moment. In the mean time fusion exp...

[aztecsolarpwr]

This has been an inspiring effort. If we start introducing solar power into our lives, it won't be long before the world becomes a much greener and cleaner place.