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Desertec Project - a sound alternative to Russian gas pipelines? | CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com

The project would constitute concentrated solar plants in the African and Arabian deserts, supplemented by wind, hydro and geothermal power. Generated power is essential for the producer countries for their desalination of sea water, and the project would be a new platform for European countries to fulfill their carbon free economy requirements. It could create a completely new and sustainable economy and provide new jobs for MENA countries, including those with oil and gas resources.
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If it succeeds, Desertec will become the largest clean power initiative in the world, satisfying 15% of Europe’s energy demand and covering substantial needs of the producer countries. Critics claim that this centralized energy generation project bears high risks for becoming a target of terrorist attacks; moreover, Europe would still be dependent on other sources of foreign energy supply.

The estimated cost of the Desertec project is around EUR 400 Billion. Over the next few years, the initiators of the project are aiming at building a pilot kick-off project with a capacity of 1 GW in order to prove its feasibility and attract supporters.

Al Gore, Prince Charles, global warming, climate change, doomsday clock | I Hate the Media - Fun with Liberal Media Bias

So which is it, you two scientific geniuses? Do we have a full eight years or just six-and-a-half?

Climate classic: Kolbert’s Field Notes — Hot Topic

...we must hope profoundly enough to soften the verdict of her final sentence: “It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now in the process of doing.”