Will Europe's next move be to try to capture the sun in North Africa?
Desertec: the renewable energy grab? Hamza Hamouchene
How much space is needed for the sun to generate sufficient electricity for the entire demand of the world and EU? Yes, the graphic below is more or less accurate...
Assuming of course,lots of infrastructure and capacity for transport and storage existed - yet such plans are in the works for giant centralized solar plants in sunny places like Algeria. Thinking in terms of Mitchell's Carbon Democracy, would centralized solar generate any different kind of politics than centralized oil-rich authoritarian regimes?
