Joseph DeLappe is starting a 460 mile bicycle ride through Nevada today. He’ll be dragging home-made chalk behind him to draw a line around Nellis Air Force Base. This will create a 100 mile x 100 mile “area that would be large enough to create the worlds largest solar farm – one that could provide enough energy for the entire United States.” Read more about Joseph DeLappe: Project 929 on the Nevada Museum of Art website.
His bicycle is pretty tricked out. Two of our 16 Watt portable solar panels are “attached to the long-tail platform of my bike for the project (these would be used to power the electronics for the project). The bike in question is a 700c Surly Long Haul Trucker frame extended using an Xtracycle Free Radical bike extender.” The solar panels are being used to power a GoPro camera, lights and a tablet.
Here’s some of the homemade chalk he’s made. He estimates he’ll need about 200 pieces to draw the 400+ mile circle.
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