2. If we wanted to supply a world of 10 billion people with an average demand of electricity at 1 kW per person, what surface area of photovoltaic arrays would be required? Compare this to the size of a known city, state or country.

2. If we wanted to supply a world of 10 billion people with an average demand of electricity at 1 kW per person, what surface area of photovoltaic arrays would be required? Compare this to the size of a known city, state or country.

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