This map represents the percentage of land area needed to completely power the world using solar energy in 2030. As it notes, obviously is wouldn’t be in one large chunk as depicted but could be broken up if placed in comparable areas.
This makes me think of a recent Ted talk (if you haven’t checked out Ted talks, you’re missing out big time) from Ray Kurzweil where he talks about our inability to think exponentially as humans prevents us from seeing the reasonable growth of technology, including growth in solar and other green forms of technology:
This recent NY Time article talks about falling prices of home solar panels because of: 1) the economy 2) increased production coming online around the world and 3) President Obama’s dropping of the $2,000 cap on the federal governments 30% tax rebate on solar panels purchases.
Any of you out there thinking about going solar any time soon?