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Some countries don't get much sunshine though, e.g. the UK only gets sun around 30% of the daytime according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_the_Uni
by m-i-l 11y ago
Some countries don't get much sunshine though, e.g. the UK only gets sun around 30% of the daytime according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_the_United_Kingdom .
- cmsmith 11y agoSpain isn't that much farther away than outer space.
- CapitalistCartr 11y agoWe can't beam energy from Spain to elsewhere via microwaves, though. And it still gets dark at night in Spain.
- notahacker 11y agoIt gets dark in the stratosphere too, and the UK already has a power grid connecting it with the Spanish power grid which doesn't rely on 20km cables into the sky...
- CapitalistCartr 11y agoThe parent post was about outer space, not the stratosphere. And that method uses microwave transmission, not cables.
- dogma1138 11y agoOuter space gets dark too you not sure which orbit will get you 100 sun time solar synced orbits still get 50% night time. Maybe some geosync high polar orbit but then you have issues with transmition. Space solar makes very little sense you only get twice the solar power at 50% efficiency rate at best.
- feelix 11y agoIt also doesn't need much air conditioning. And when it does, it's because the sun is out.