Comments on: How much money would it cost if we used solar energy and kinetic energy to supply the united states?

By: Worst Answer

Worst Answer — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:09:59 +0000

First we would have to spend some more money on research to improve our current technologies.
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By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 16 May 2009 02:24:59 +0000

It will cost too much now for it to happen but some people believe that by 2014 solar power could cost the same as power generated from fossil fuels (coal etc.) This would lead to considerably greater use of power from solar. As a side note there is not enough power to be generated from hydroelectric to power the US.
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By: Nickolas S

Nickolas S — Sat, 16 May 2009 01:54:59 +0000

You fail at physics.
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By: thor

thor — Sat, 16 May 2009 01:29:59 +0000

Concentrating solar energy collectors with liquid salt heat storage for nights and cloudy days would need to cover about a 100 mile square area in a desert location to power the entire US including transportation. The total estimate for that to be built is around 10-12 trillion $$. If you figure we buy 100 billion $$ worth of oil each year from foreign countries, spent upwards of $1 trillion on a useless war in a region rich in oil (don't tell me oil had nothing to do with our being there, I don't believe that) and will spend another $1 trillion paying for the health care of those wounded in that war, made enough enemies so we will have to spend another $1 trillion over the next few years fighting the muslims in the mideast and destroying our environment while making millions sick at a huge cost to the economy by continuing to burn coal I think $10 trillion would be a pretty good bargain.
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By: JOHNNIE B

JOHNNIE B — Sat, 16 May 2009 01:11:59 +0000

Why would U want to do that? Plants need CO2 to live ,and we can not live without plants.
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By: RomeoMike

RomeoMike — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:51:59 +0000

A solar array for one three bedroom home currently costs approximately $30,000. Times say 100,000,000 households, equals approximately 30,000,000,000,000. So considering for reduction in cost for scale I would guess about 20 trillion dollars.

So renewable energy, universal health care, fix social security and medicare and improvements to the countries infastructure all in the next two years.

Maybe we could lodge two Chinese in every household to help with the work load and they could pay taxes to.
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By: Trust Me

Trust Me — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:44:59 +0000

Well, they are trying to tear down every damn so hydro is out. As to the others, you might as well burn the money to generate power as the others don't work anyway.
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By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:08:59 +0000

way to much it would never happen solar energy takes up way to much spacethere fore it is bad for ecosystems, kinetic would be impossible to run the united states with sorry
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