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by pfdietz 710 days ago
> 4 petawatts of electricity per year

You mean 4 petawatt HOURS per year, right?
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defrost 710 days ago
Google misquoted https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy13osti/56290.pdf via Quora.

Does that increase the required land area to half the United States?

As aristofun claimed?

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pfdietz 710 days ago
No, of course not. But confusion of power and energy pushes my buttons. :)
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