Building on rocky, barren, un-farmable land could produce 90 Gigawatts of electricity, pretty much enough to shut down every nuclear plant in the US. Certainly, there is more than enough solar to power the province of Ontario when combined with wind, hydro, and biomass.
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Barak Obama, Ontario has solar enough solar power to help you shut down some coal plants in order to clean up our air. Dependence on solar means no more dependence on oil that destabilizes economies through rapid increases in prices as the easily accessible supplies are depleted. Oh, and then there is that issue of global warming which threatens our children's future unless we act now to prevent the long term damage being locked in by our continuing emissions of carbon. Time is running out as we rapidly approach 400ppm, well beyond what scientists consider levels required to prevent catastrophe over the next 20 to 50 years.
Building on rocky, barren, un-farmable land could produce 90 Gigawatts of electricity, pretty much enough to shut down every nuclear plant in the US. Certainly, there is more than enough solar to power the province of Ontario when combined with wind, hydro, and biomass. Economist, leading solar expert and German member of parliament Hermann Scheer has clearly demonstrated that we could do it in just five years. "Where is the problem?"
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From the abstract for purchasing the full study report - "A relationship across the region was found between total roof area and population of 70.0 m2/capita ± 6.2%. With appropriate roof tops covered with commercial solar cells, the potential PV peak power output from the region considered is 5.74 GW (157% of the regions peak power demands) and the potential annual energy production is 6909 GWh (5% of Ontarios total annual demand). This suggests that 30% of Ontarios energy demand can be met with province-wide rooftop PV deployment. This new understanding of roof area distribution and potential PV outputs will guide energy policy formulation in Ontario and will inform future research in solar PV deployment and its geographical potential." - To purchase this study - click here.
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