Caveats This is not a treatise. Rather, it’s an expanded explanation of Figure 1 and attendant preliminary calculations meant to encourage professionals in any and all relevant fields to either correct, validate or reject them. ParametersNot only are local characteristics and circumstances unique, so are the ever-evolving boundaries of science … Continue reading
Category Archives: California
Required Number of Rooftops Equipped With Solar Panels to Produce 611,800,000,000 kg of Hydrogen
The first step in this estimation is access the Global Solar Atlas; click on the specific location and look for ‘specific photovoltaic power output’, or PVOUT. This estimates the annual productivity of solar panels for a given location, measured in kilowatt-hours generated per kilowatt of peak capacity (kWh/kWp). For purposes … Continue reading
Hydrogen Needed to Replace the California & Colorado Aqueducts
Southern California’s Water Most of southern California’s water is imported. The California Aqueduct delivers up to 4.2 million acre-feet, the Colorado River Aqueduct 3,069.6 acre-feet, and the Los Angeles Aqueduct 275,000 acre-feet, for a combined total of 4,478,069.6 acre-feet of water per year. Since 1 acre-foot = 1233.5 m3, 4,478,069.6 … Continue reading
California
There are several good reasons for selecting the Golden State. Unlike China, which lacks an ocean west of and adjacent to the Gobi Desert, California’s southern shore is a stone’s throw away from its own sparsely populated sun-drenched desert. In addition, the state features towering mountains, a vast southern metropolitan … Continue reading
Death Valley Statistics
The stated depth of the Death Valley canal is based on this topographic map, which suggests an estimated average altitude at 2,500 feet (762 meters) along its possible 425 km route. The staggering volume of earth that would need to be excavated can be calculated by the formula Volume = … Continue reading
Cost of Pumping Water in California
The cost to pump water over vast distances is enormous. For example, California’s State Water Project relies on a series of pump stations to carry water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to the southern part of the state. The most powerful, Edmonston Plant, requires 14 gigantic pumps with a combined … Continue reading