Dishing out power with a solar engine

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Although it is perfectly possible to do that

While I'm not going to argue that, I don't think anyone is realistically suggesting using solar as the only means of generating power

From this link:

http://www.stirlingenergy.com/faq.asp?Type=all

In fact, a solar farm 100 miles by 100 miles could satisfy 100% of the America?s annual electrical needs

While such a solar farm would obviously be very expensive, I wonder how it compares to the total cost of our current electricity-generating system. You also need to factor in the cost of fuel for our current plants, versus no cost for fuel with the solar solution. And I bet maintenance cost of a solar farm is less than that of an equivalent fossil-fuel burning plant.

Posted by: Qbt   Posted on: 10/25/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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