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Everyone is talking about storage, but why not route power to need? Put 4000 square miles of solar in the Mexican desert and sell the power to to the northern U
by niels_olson 10y ago
Everyone is talking about storage, but why not route power to need? Put 4000 square miles of solar in the Mexican desert and sell the power to to the northern US and Canada all winter. Run power over Siberia and Alaska to get across time zones.
- neolefty 10y agoIdeally, yes we would do that! But see other comments about the cost and efficiency of power transmission for the physical challenges involved. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11628965 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11628965