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arizona should be paved over as a massive photovoltaic lot. you don't need to live there anyway you won't have water soon. as for questions of putting that ener
by philthy 16y ago
arizona should be paved over as a massive photovoltaic lot. you don't need to live there anyway you won't have water soon. as for questions of putting that energy into the grid, we already do it, just because energy is locally produced doesn't mean it is locally consumed.
- alabut 16y agoThat's along the lines of one of the bigger proposals I've seen - to cover large inhospitable and hot places like the Sahara. It doesn't have to be with expensive photovoltaic panels, you can take Spain's route and use the mirrors-heating-molten-salt technology instead.
- stcredzero 16y agoTechnology for super-efficient thermal insulation is literally centuries old now. Just what are the barriers to solar-thermal with storage?
- Gogmagog 16y agoYou need water to run a Photovoltaic farm. Mirrors or Solar panels, you need to keep them clean. The efficiency of both degrades with dust, which is not in short supply in the desert. While not technically necessary in the immediate process of power generation, as a practical mater, access to water is required for all power generation except wind.