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10. And consider this

Wed Jul 29, 2015, 03:54 PM

Jul 2015

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According to different online sources, an average panel makes .2 kwh of power on average each day, so a half billion panels would make 100,000,000 kwh = 100 gigawatt hours each day or 36,500 gigawatt hours each year on average.

The United States used 29,260,000 gigawatts hours of power in 2006.

So even if we did have 500,000,000 "average" panels, it would generate 0.017 of the total energy we need based on 2006 figures.

A house uses on average 0.010908 gigawatt hours of energy each year. This means Clinton's half-billion panel goal might generate enough energy to run 3 million households out of 125 million houses in the U.S., or 0.024 of the houses.

Yes, rooftop solar power is important, but 500,000,000 isn't really saying much. She is just making sound bites.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_States#Consumption_by_source
http://www.solarpowerrocks.com/solar-basics/how-much-electricity-does-a-solar-panel-produce/

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Republican candidates: 'I'm not a scientist.' ... [View all] onehandle Jul 2015 OP

Scientists: "I'm not a Republican..." JaneyVee Jul 2015 #1

Sure. Whatever. Android3.14 Jul 2015 #2

Does this count? drm604 Jul 2015 #4

Of course it doesn't. It is barely anything Android3.14 Jul 2015 #7

Raising renewable electricity from 7% to 33% in ten years is not "barely anything." DanTex Jul 2015 #8

Nope, it's based on fluff and sound bites Android3.14 Jul 2015 #11

And that's about the intellectual level of response I expected. DanTex Jul 2015 #12

Insults are all you have, apparently Android3.14 Jul 2015 #13

Well, I tried numbers and percentages in my last post. DanTex Jul 2015 #14

Still with the insults Android3.14 Jul 2015 #16

Guess you missed these numbers and percentages... DanTex Jul 2015 #17

And a chicken in every oven Android3.14 Jul 2015 #18

That's a good summary of Bernie's entire platform. DanTex Jul 2015 #19

If you've already concluded that in your sarcastic response, why debate this at all? George II Jul 2015 #20

You mistake debate with questioning Android3.14 Jul 2015 #21

And consider this Android3.14 Jul 2015 #10

OT: (Not primary specific) The surprising thing -- the sad thing is that LiberalAndProud Jul 2015 #3

The "I'am not a scientist" refrain is weak Gothmog Jul 2015 #5

If the media had any courage TlalocW Jul 2015 #6

ROFL! Charles de Gaudless Jul 2015 #9

excellent! restorefreedom Jul 2015 #15