To get 42
kWh per day per person from nuclear power would require 525 one - gigawatt nuclear power stations, a roughly five-fold increase over today's levels.
«In total, the European lifestyle uses 125
kWh per day per person for transport, heating, manufacturing, and electricity.
As a thought - experiment, let's imagine that technology switches and lifestyle changes manage to halve American energy consumption to 125
kWh per day per person.
To deliver 42
kWh per day per person from wind for everyone in the United States would require wind farms with a total area roughly equal to the area of California, a 200-fold increase in United States wind power.
To supply 42
kWh per day per person from solar power requires roughly 80 square meters per person of solar panels.
Not exact matches
He says that if we cover the windiest 10 % of Britain with wind turbines, this will yield 20
kWh per person per day.
However, the energy equivalent requirements of approximately 7
kwh per person per day in the US still stands, it really doesn't matter the source.
Suppose there is an arbitrarily large solar collector providing electricity to an ordinary house occupied by ordinary
people who use an average of 30
kWh per day.