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Since this seems to work on temperature differentials, could you run it up the side of a mountain? Seems you could get height differences of 5-7k feet in a lot

• snowwindwaves 15y ago
  unless you had a perfectly vertical mountain your tower would end up being longer and costing more. if you did have a perfectly vertical mountain it would still be somewhat difficult to build on the side of a cliff. I suppose you'd need a mountain in the desert as well.
  • techiferous 15y ago
    The mountain would also provide unwanted shade.
    • waterlesscloud 15y ago
      Not necessarily. Depends on directional facing. A south facing spur up the mountain may provide no shade at all to the base. And longer, yes, but not in need of vertical support.
• adaml_623 15y ago
  If you check out the wiki article then you can see that you are absolutely correct. You can get a system like this working on a mountainside as long as it faces the sun. I think there are some engineering tradeoffs that have to be considered and also environmental concerns. I think it's a lot easier to find a desert with minimal ecosystem compared to a mountainside