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And solar panels. And electric vehicles..
by asendra 10y ago
And solar panels.
And electric vehicles..
- wolfram74 10y agoNote though that solar panels are half as effective on mars given it's distance to the sun, nuclear is even more important on Mars than on Earth.
- pitt1980 10y agois that true? how much effectiveness are you gaining with the thinner atmosphere?
- hxegon 10y agoDefinitely not as much as you are losing to the inverse square law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law#Light_and_other_electromagnetic_radiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse-square_law#Light_and_o...
- Symmetry 10y agoIt's about 40% of Earth's surface before accounting for the thinner atmosphere and about 60% after.
- benchaney 10y agoTrue, but there is a ton of open space on mars. They can just cover more area to make up for it. Plus the lack of real weather would make the solar panels more consistent.