Pan-European green energy

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
That is not consistent with the plan of selling the energy to Europe.

I thought we were talking about African villages.

Originally posted by Teinosuke
When I first read about this or a comparable scheme, the main resources were supposed to be geothermal energy from Iceland, wind and tidal energy from Northern Europe, and solar energy from Spain and the Sahara. I suppose the last component of the scheme may have to wait until we know what kind of regimes are going to emerge from the North African part of ...[text shortened]... s of the Nevada desert could, in theory, provide all of the energy needs of the United States.

BUMP for Kunsoo

Originally posted by divegeester
Pumping millions of gallons of water over hundreds of miles in and out of the desert just to warm it up is the worst idea ever; and is certainly a "no brainer"; as would be trying to run electricity cables to collect the feeble amount of charge which would then have to be driven hundreds of miles into the grid.

I was just asking, dude, no reason to be cantankerous.