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You can't build an effective house-top system that will provide the necessary power for a house. You'd need to cover 500 square meters of 100% efficient solar cells to do it. At a more realistic 20% conversion, you have to cover 2500 square meters.

That's a square 163 feet on a side. And that assumes 100% sunlight 24 hours a day. Increase proportionately to cover cloudy days and night.

There is this thing called reality and you simply cannot wish it away.
Posted by: baggins_z   Posted on: 05/05/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Yes, please bring it back into the light  Boot_Agnostic | 05/05/06
Fantasy  baggins_z | 05/05/06
even if that's true, we should still pursue it  tmurph1810 | 05/05/06
Agreed  Boot_Agnostic | 05/05/06
Because  baggins_z | 05/05/06
What else is in Death Valley?  osreinstall | 05/05/06
Ummmm yes!  Linux User 147560 | 05/05/06
The waste, yeah.  Imaginos1892 | 05/05/06
not Fantasy  specialk_z | 05/05/06
Facts  baggins_z | 05/05/06
Are you sure?  Linux User 147560 | 05/05/06
Facts? Hah!  Imaginos1892 | 05/05/06
There are ways to make it happen captain...  Linux User 147560 | 05/05/06
Stupid  baggins_z | 05/05/06
No, stupid is not thinking outside the box and accepting  Linux User 147560 | 05/05/06
Who says you have to pave the desert?  osreinstall | 05/05/06
Sparsely spaced dual axis trackers perferable.  thetruth_z | 05/05/06
Still would be too expensive for retail.  osreinstall | 05/05/06
I agree with the 1/kilowatt m^2, but not the conclusion  el1jones | 05/05/06
Where in the world do you get 50% conversion?  georgeou | 07/25/06
all of the above  slawless | 05/05/06
Here are some items that can be installed on  Linux User 147560 | 05/07/06
Here are some items that can be installed on  Linux User 147560 | 05/07/06

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