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-=== Error in National Geographic ===+==== Error in National Geographic ===
  
 In November 2015 National Geographic: [[http://www.nationalgeographic.com/climate-change/carbon-free-power-grid/index.html#cover | A blueprint for a carbon-free America]]. Well, not quite.  Read on. In November 2015 National Geographic: [[http://www.nationalgeographic.com/climate-change/carbon-free-power-grid/index.html#cover | A blueprint for a carbon-free America]]. Well, not quite.  Read on.
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 I will need to reference a skeptical page, but that is where you find greater numeracy [[http://energyskeptic.com/2015/wind/]]: I will need to reference a skeptical page, but that is where you find greater numeracy [[http://energyskeptic.com/2015/wind/]]:
    
- * Tom Gray of the American Wind Energy Association has written, “My rule of thumb is 60 acres per megawatt for wind farms on land.” +  * Tom Gray of the American Wind Energy Association has written, “My rule of thumb is 60 acres per megawatt for wind farms on land.” 
- * Remember that capacity is different from actual output. Typical average output is only 25% of capacity, so the area required for a megawatt of actual output is four times the area listed here for a megawatt of capacity+  * Remember that capacity is different from actual output. Typical average output is only 25% of capacity, so the area required for a megawatt of actual output is four times the area listed here for a megawatt of capacity
  
  
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-Here is a presentation of my own research, which shows the difficulty of ''producing'' more than 1 W m^-2^, regardless of the installed capacity.+Here is a presentation of my own research, which shows the difficulty of **producing** more than 1 W m<sup>-2</sup>, regardless of the installed capacity.
  
-[[ou-nju.pdf]]+{{ou-nju.pdf}}
  
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