January 18, 2012

All the Ways Solar Energy Can Power the World

Tom Murphy, OilPrice.com


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Who hasn’t enjoyed heat from the sun? Doing so represents a direct energetic transfer—via radiation—from the sun’s hot surface to your skin. One square meter can catch about 1000 W, which is comparable to the output of a portable space heater. . .

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