Solar land use: less than coal
Every now and then one hears complaints about solar energy: "but it takes too much land!". "An entire Idaho!" "Three Californias!" Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar CampwalaReview
Besides, if you put a solar unit up instead of a coal mine, the coal will sit there perfectly happily for a hundred, thousand or million more years to be used as an industrial feed stock sometime in the future rather than being wastfully burnt. In fact, if you put the solar array on the ground above the coal deposits, it will protect the coal from being mined. Win win.
