Excuse me?  Did you look past the first line?

I supplied total US energy use, solar energy per unit area, and area=20
required to generate said energy.  If you dispute my data or my math,=20
feel free to supply your own.

If that makes me sheep, I say "Baa"!



On 6/27/2014 9:59 AM, Richard R. Pope wrote:
> Kerry,
>       I don't have the paper any more. Besides you would have to do the
> research all over again. The numbers from 2001 no longer apply as the
> energy demands and the generation sources in this country have changed
> dramatically over the last thirteen years.
>       The department of energy will have most of the numbers that you
> would need and yes you can trust them. If you don't, you can research
> all of the different companies that are generating all of the power in
> this country. It is a lot of work and it would take a minimum of about 2
> months worth of time at 60 hours per week. That is what it took back in
> 2001 to put my paper together for my college class on engineering.
>       So go for it. I'm not going to do the work for you. Like I said I
> don't have the paper any more. I don't have any of my school work from
> back then. And the numbers just would not apply to today's country. But
> don't just take my word for it. Go do the research for yourself. Be a
> leader instead of a sheep.
> Thanks,
> rich!
>
> On 6/27/2014 10:44 AM, Kerry wrote:
>> Still no sources, though.
>>
>> Solar energy per square meter, realistically - 380WH / day EEVblog #632
>> US energy use - 334,000.000 BTUs/person/year
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_States
>> US population - 318,000,000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
>> 1 BTU =3D 0.293WH - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_thermal_unit
>> Total energy used - 3.11x10^16WH   334,000.000*318,000,000*0.293
>> Area needed - 2.24x10^11 square meters 3.11x10^16/(380*365)
>> Area needed - 224000 square km
>> Area of US - 9,830,000 square km http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Sta=
tes
>> % of land needed -2.28%
>>
>>
>>
>>

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