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Coastal areas (even desert ones) are often plagued by clouds, and clouds are a big problem for concentrated solar. This doesn't make your idea bad but it's an o
by dreamcompiler 7y ago
Coastal areas (even desert ones) are often plagued by clouds, and clouds are a big problem for concentrated solar. This doesn't make your idea bad but it's an obstacle.
Edit: Now that I think more about it, who cares if the heat is less reliable if all you're doing is distilling water? I need to take off my electric generation hat sometimes.
- anon1253 7y agoYeah it does limit it a bit, and if the goal is really to plant trees, then eventually it will be somewhat self defeating as forests cool the air and will generate clouds. On the other hand, desalination doesn't require extremely high temperatures, so it also kinda depends on the heat capacity of the molten salt. It probably also doesn't really have to be 24/7/365. But that's I guess a numbers game, so obviously it has to be modeled first.