On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Richard R. Pope w= rote: > I have done the research. I did it for a college paper. To supply > all of the power needs of the US with either solar or wind or a > combination of both you would have to use every square inch of the > country for the installations and there would be no land left to build > anything else. I am fairly certain I have seen more reports to the contrary, but they still involve blanketing most of the southwestern deserts. That we are more concerned about finding our lost car keys is the true irony here, as the first step in the proper solution is to work on getting rid of cars altogether. Tag appropriately changed to [OT] -p. --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .