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> If these are above ground, the top will heat up relative to the bottom. The heat will quickly conduct to the other side. It's one of the main reasons for cho
by DiThi 9y ago
> If these are above ground, the top will heat up relative to the bottom.
The heat will quickly conduct to the other side. It's one of the main reasons for choosing steel. Add white paint to that (or solar panels) and you'll have reduced heat absorption to a minimum.
- JumpCrisscross 9y ago> The heat will quickly conduct to the other side I take it you haven't had the pleasure of watching carefully machined cylinders buckle in the Arizona sun :). White-painted aluminum and shaded, mind you. Those were structures on the order of meters. These problems become nasty with scale.