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eric blair on April 20, 2009 - 8:26am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

the people in the city would get another 250 W/m^2 or about 1/4 of the energy of standing out in the sun.

Less than 2X the wattage *CAPTURED* by land based PV

Come one Darel - I've posted links and shown actual numbers. Show how my numbers are wrong.

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chitowncarl on April 20, 2009 - 4:20pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

'show me how my numbers are wrong.'

That requires accepting your premise which I for one do not.

100% fuel free
100% pollution free
100% human free
Unlimited baseline energy

That is not a valid premise so why bother with the details? Unless of course this SPS stuff is 100% free, which it is, right?

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