Surface Area Required to Power the World
Posted By: Amanda Gillen
Date: June 11th, 2010
Category: Climate Change, Social Responsibility
Some of you may have already seen the image below – it shows the surface area required to power the world with solar power. The image was originally created by the Land Art Generator Initiative and has found its way across many solar blogs, news sites and green websites.
Take a look at the image. There will be around 8 billion people in the world by 2030 and it will still only take a relatively small land area to provide power for our needs. Just think if everyone did their part by putting solar on their roof to provide for some of their own power…
