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The amount of sunlight reaching the earth is 1.365 kilo watts per square meter [0]. Fossil fuels are stored solar energy; wind, hydroelectric and of course sola
by wwarner 6y ago
The amount of sunlight reaching the earth is 1.365 kilo watts per square meter [0]. Fossil fuels are stored solar energy; wind, hydroelectric and of course solar is derived from sunlight. Nuclear doesn't have this limit.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight#Total_solar_irradiance_(TSI)_and_spectral_solar_irradiance_(SSI)_upon_Earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunlight#Total_solar_irradianc...