Power World by Solar Energy from 1% of Sahara

(Mehran Moalem, Quora, 2016-09-22)

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In a single hour, the amount of energy from the sun that strikes the Earth (120 x 1012 kWh SI) is more than the entire world consumes in an entire year.

SMG has a solution to the Energy Storage Challenge.

The nuclear option: does this article provide convincing evidence that the actual costs of: construction, insurance, waste disposal, thermal pollution… far exceed the costs of sustainable renewable energy options? The huge thermal pollution of nuclear energy is often neglected by everyone including nuclear professionals and those who prefer to ignore independent oversight.

The great power of the renewable energy options comes from using the laws of thermodynamics to efficiently redirect the natural flows of energy that have energized Earth for billions of years without damaging the biosphere.