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Argument: Coal is more land-intensive than solar energy

Issue Report: Solar energy

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“Solar land use: less than coal”. Grist. 26 May 2008 – “Nevada Solar One takes up about 400 acres, mostly for mirrors and heat engines. You would have to mine about 5,300 acres to feed a coal-fired powered plant producing the same amount of electricity. Even acre for acre, I’ll take Solar One’s pleasant campus over a coal mine.”