jamesr wrote: Have you read the analysis done by David MacKay in his book Sustainable Energy – without the hot air
He also mentions an organization Desertec which has been promoting the idea of large solar arrays in north Africa supplying most of Europe’s needs.
No I haven’t, but I am already cautioned by his claim of “without the hot air”.
Basically there are 2 camps in energy field – renewable camp and nuclear camp and they are trying to disprove each other all the time.