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using solar, wind, and Compressed air technology Scientific american imagines a Solar grand plan for the united states by 2050.
much of the proposal appears to be based on solar and compressed air technology that could someday revolutionize transportation
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=42563&in_page_id=34&expand=true
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmqpGZv0YT4
http://www.green-energy-news.com/arch/nrgs2008/20080013.html
the solar taxi (similiar to the 1988 GM sun racer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1kxonKyi8
- A massive switch from coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power plants to solar power plants could supply 69 percent of the U.S.’s electricity and 35 percent of its total energy by 2050.
- A vast area of photovoltaic cells would have to be erected in the Southwest. Excess daytime energy would be stored as compressed air in underground caverns to be tapped during nighttime hours.
- Large solar concentrator power plants would be built as well.
- A new direct-current power transmission backbone would deliver solar electricity across the country.
- But $420 billion in subsidies from 2011 to 2050 would be required to fund the infrastructure and make it cost-competitive.
much of the proposal appears to be based on solar and compressed air technology that could someday revolutionize transportation
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=42563&in_page_id=34&expand=true
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmqpGZv0YT4
http://www.green-energy-news.com/arch/nrgs2008/20080013.html
the solar taxi (similiar to the 1988 GM sun racer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1kxonKyi8