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If you draw a 50x50km square on a map of France, you'll quickly realize that's an area the size of Luxembourg - not exactly negligible.
by wnkrshm 7y ago
If you draw a 50x50km square on a map of France, you'll quickly realize that's an area the size of Luxembourg - not exactly negligible.
- kragen 7y agoA 50×50 km square would be 2500 km². We're talking about 52 km², which is a 7.2 km × 7.2 km square. Shitty dimensional analysis strikes again!
- wnkrshm 7y ago> A 50×50 km square would be 2500 km². We're talking about 52 km², which is a 7.2 km × 7.2 km square. Shitty dimensional analysis strikes again! According to the parent poster, those 52 km² are needed for 1GW. France needs around 50GW, 50 times more power and area, ergo 2500 km².
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- iso1631 7y agoPretty much. How much is used by vinyards? Or farms? It's the yellow dots here https://imgur.com/418BI6Q https://imgur.com/418BI6Q France has about 1 million km of roads [1], lets assume at least 2m wide. That's 2,000 sq km. How many of these roads can you see on this picture https://imgur.com/FCyt4O6 https://imgur.com/FCyt4O6 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_road_network_size https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_road_netw...