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How many solar panels would it take to power Earth?
2014-07-30 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: The Sun powers our solar system, so could it power all our Earthly needs, too? And if it someday could, where would all those solar panels go? According to a graduate thesis by Technical University of Braunschweig student Nadine May, the number of solar panels needed to supply the entire worlds energy needs would fill just 25,000 square miles or an area only slightly larger than the state of West Virginia. That doesn't seem like very much, unless you live in West Virginia. If the amount...
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