It isn't quite that easy though because it's night for all 5x at once, for instance. So you need to have transmission capacity for the 4x you don't use locally,

It isn't quite that easy though because it's night for all 5x at once, for instance. So you need to have transmission capacity for the 4x you don't use locally, to send it elsewhere when it is sunny, and to import 1x at night from your sunlit neighbors. > generate green hydrocarbons from atmospheric CO2, killing several birds with one stone. This is great because it means we can use guilt-free hydrocarbons where they're important. Like rocketry and airplanes, making lubricants, plastic bags, etc. > overbuild would give you massive amounts of "free" electricity. I'm sure the world would find something economically useful to do with it. Generating proofs of work for a blockchain collectible card game? :D