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March 22, 2011
“Figure 25.5. The celebrated little square. This map shows a square of size 600 km by 600 km in Africa, and another in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Iraq. Concentrating solar power facilities completely filling one such square would provide enough power to give 1 billion people the average European’s consumption of 125 kWh/d” (Ch. 25, Sustainable Energy - without the hot air by Prof David MacKay). In case you’re still looking for a good conspiracy theory to explain our current interest in Libya, here’s a starting point! (More seriously, the book’s really a good read)

“Figure 25.5. The celebrated little square. This map shows a square of size 600 km by 600 km in Africa, and another in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Iraq. Concentrating solar power facilities completely filling one such square would provide enough power to give 1 billion people the average European’s consumption of 125 kWh/d” (Ch. 25, Sustainable Energy - without the hot air by Prof David MacKay).

In case you’re still looking for a good conspiracy theory to explain our current interest in Libya, here’s a starting point!

(More seriously, the book’s really a good read)