Yep.

Cedric Chang wrote:
> So you are saying 10 miles square, which is 100 square miles ?
> cc
>
>   
>> On Mar 16, 2008, at 6:23 PM, Bob Axtell wrote:
>>
>> Cedric Chang wrote:
>>     
>>> Someone said they had a link to a proposal to use 10 or 100 square
>>> miles of sunny desert land to make hydrogen and oxygen from water and
>>> solar energy.  Can anyone direct me to this proposed solar farm ?
>>>
>>> I want to run the numbers on acquiring land down south ( USA ) and
>>> what the technology costs would be.
>>>
>>> cc
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> I can't find the original book I saw those figures in, sorry. It was a
>> good book, about 15 years
>> ago, can't locate it now. But I remember after reading it that I  
>> did the
>> math, and 10miles square
>> indeed did the job nicely, with energy left over, even with the sun
>> going down every night.
>>
>> --Bob Axtell
>>
>>     

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