Wednesday
Sep022009
Surface Area Required to Power the World with Solar Power
From LandArtGenerator.org, a world map visualizing the surface area required to power the world's electricity requirements using solar power alone in 2030, using current solar panel technology. It's getting a lot of traffic on digg, reddit and Twitter too.
Also, check out the same idea, but for off shore wind power.
Reader Comments (2)
Another visualisation using an inappropriate map projection - the subject is area, so an equal area map projection should be used.
Good point. When visually depicting area, the comparison needs to be apples-to-apples. There are many different equal-area map styles that could have been used.