Via a guest post at BraveNewClimate, a proposal for a large-scale engineering project that makes the Three Gorges Dam look like a weekend building job.
DESERTEC-Australia thinks solar energy, particularly CSP, is a feasible and affordable source for Australia’s future energy needs. All we need to do is spend a few billion on transmission lines to the desert. Plausible enough. But their long-term plans are just a teeny little bit more ambitious, if you read on.
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