July 15, 2008
Humongous, steady, dense, doable, cheap - Alternate Energy Requirements in Brief:In order for "alternate energy" to become feasible, it has to satisfy all of the following criteria:1. It has to be huge (in terms of both energy and power)
2. It has to be reliable (not intermittent or unschedulable)
3. It has to be concentrated (not diffuse)
4. It has to be possible to utilize it efficiently
5. The capital investment and operating cost to utilize it has to be comparable to existing energy sources (per gigawatt, and per terajoule).
- Stephen Den Beste
Posted by Vanderleun at July 15, 2008 10:12 AM from American Digest