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By stromgald30 on 4/13/2011 7:09:47 PM , Rating: 2
Agreed. Much more cost and space efficient.

392 MW sounds like a lot until you look at the total energy production of the US, which is around 450,000 MW. This effort by Google will produce less than 0.1% of the total US energy production, but I'm sure they'll tell you how impactful this will be (i.e. almost doubling solar capacity in the U.S.)

The sobering reality environmentalists don't always recognize is that building solar power to replace coal/oil is like trying to move Mount Everest with a common construction bulldozer. It can be done, but there are a lot of better/faster ways to do the job.

By Howard on 4/14/2011 2:33:14 AM , Rating: 2
It's about 2% of the total generation in California, which seems to me to be a figure a little more important. Nuclear would be difficult too, since there's little access in a desert to plentiful cooling water.

By SPOOFE on 4/16/2011 5:45:18 PM , Rating: 2
Considering the lack of elasticity in electricity demand, even a small fraction of a percent can make a big difference.

