Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
> However, the calculation assumes that every person on the planet can
> find *some* use for his 10 kg allocation of robots consuming ~100KW
> of power. Right now most of the people on the planet don't come
> close to consuming 100KW. A standard house (with 200 Amp service,
> probably above average), only pulls 20KW when it is maxed out.
Something is seriously wrong with these numbers. My handy reference lists the solar constant at 1340 W/m^2, and the mean radius of the Earth is 6.37x10^6 m. Multiply that out, divide by 3 billion people, and you get an approximate natural energy budget of 5.6x10^4 KW per person. We should be able to use whatever fraction of that we care to actually harvest without fear of creating a global heat problem.
Billy Brown, MCSE+I
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