If we had solar power farms in the areas covered by the dark disks, these farms could provide more than the worlds 2006 total primary energy demand, and that only assuming a conversion efficiency of 8%. Thats ALL the energy consumed, including what we use from fossil fuels, could be supplied from solar cells.



The colors in the map show the local solar irradiance averaged over three years from 1991 to 1993 (24 hours a day) taking into account the cloud coverage available from weather satellites.

Nice article man. I wish it was that easy, hopefully nanosolar gets there ass into gear and start rolling some panels off the production line. Then we would be getting somewere.

Certainly interesting but i doubt it.

yup! if seriously followed this could solve our power problem forever....
but only a small part of it comes under the developed nations, or nations which can really afford ivestment on such high scale solar setups, i guess it will be a distant dream to use all of it

Thin film technology will push us closer towards this goal.