Comments on: Did You Know? http://sustainablecreekside.org An Open Communication Medium for Creekside Residents Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:55:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Burt http://sustainablecreekside.org/did-you-know/#comment-8 Burt Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:55:04 +0000 http://sustainablecreekside.org/?page_id=93#comment-8 The following quote (from the same National Geographic article) is a stunning comparison of the earth's energy needs and the energy provided by the sun: "................... Eicke Weber, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, in Freiburg, Germany, told me last fall. "The total power needs of the humans on Earth is approximately 16 terawatts," he said. (A terawatt is a trillion watts.) "In the year 2020 it is expected to grow to 20 terawatts. The sunshine on the solid part of the Earth is 120,000 terawatts. From this perspective, energy from the sun is virtually unlimited." The following quote (from the same National Geographic article) is a stunning comparison of the earth’s energy needs and the energy provided by the sun:

“………………. Eicke Weber, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, in Freiburg, Germany, told me last fall. “The total power needs of the humans on Earth is approximately 16 terawatts,” he said. (A terawatt is a trillion watts.) “In the year 2020 it is expected to grow to 20 terawatts. The sunshine on the solid part of the Earth is 120,000 terawatts. From this perspective, energy from the sun is virtually unlimited.”

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