Comments on: Finally: Feds deliver road map on solar zones http://gigaom.com/2012/07/24/finally-feds-deliver-road-map-on-solar-zones/ Wed, 22 May 2013 23:37:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mark http://gigaom.com/2012/07/24/finally-feds-deliver-road-map-on-solar-zones/#comment-868819 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:12:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=545916#comment-868819 So with the additional 19 million acres, that’s sufficient to power the entire country, desalinate water, etc. Now all we need is (a) grid-level storage at >some< level (b) long-distance transmission lines to carry power trans-continentally (c) a slow phase out of all but the best remaining source for base-level stabilization power (e.g. hydro, some natural gas, some nuclear).

In spite of the best efforts of certain forces to stop it, the world's cheap energy era will continue thanks to nearly limitless solar power that will be the cheapest form of energy on earth no later than decade's end.

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