"World Solar Capacity Reaches 101 Gigawatts!"

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How much is that in jiggawatts?

johnjjeeves on February 12, 2013 at 9:26 AM

Modern solar cells tend to have a 20-40 percent conversion rate. Biofilms run in the 8-12 percent range.

Will in Seattle on February 12, 2013 at 10:40 AM

So we can ditch the plutonium and put some solar panels on the DeLorean to get Marty back to the future?

Urgutha Forka on February 12, 2013 at 11:48 AM

@3 no, the energy density is not high enough. Better to use steam like the Doc did.

Will in Seattle on February 12, 2013 at 12:32 PM

That is actually a really massive amount of land when you think about it - is Chile really gonna want that sizeable an area of their mountains, stretching from their border to their coastline, covered in solar panels? And isn't that going to have pretty considerable effects on the ecosystem there?

.... why not FLOAT all of those solar panels, way the fuck out in the ocean in some of those red zones!? Eureka!

Juris on February 12, 2013 at 1:16 PM

WHAT THE HELL IS A GIGAWATT ?!?

CPN on February 12, 2013 at 2:28 PM