PV Gap

Alan Said:

How different might things be now if Reagan hadn't taken Carter's solar panels off the WH?

We Answered:

We wouldnt have had to invade Iraq

Carter also cut importation of foreign oil, Reagan reversed that too

Francis Said:

How much installed solar capacity is needed to completely power a 100% electric car ?

We Answered:

Electric cars get 2-4 miles / kWh. A golfcart type will get more. An electric bicycle can get 100 mpkWh.

Okay, so lets say it gets 2 mpkWh. that's 6000 kWh requirement per year. That can be supplied by a 3 kW array if you live where I do in California. Probably a somewhat smaller array in Phoenix, Arizona. What you can do is look up the average number of peak sun hours for your area on

http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsr…

Let's say the number you get is 5 hours per day. Multiply that by 360 days per year, and get 1800 hours per year. Then you would divide that into 6000 to get the size of your array, in kW.

Remember, this only powers the car, you would need more if you want to power your house, too.

Good luck!