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It can do that if they manage to make it work as planned Solar, even under ideal conditions, needs backup and much more manpower and management to make it work
by ComradePhil 5y ago
It can do that if they manage to make it work as planned
Solar, even under ideal conditions, needs backup and much more manpower and management to make it work... and even then, it is not reliable.
So, solar is not a replacement for fusion, or nuclear or coal for that matter. It is great for supplementation though.
- socialdemocrat 5y agoNo it doesn't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_solar_power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_solar_power
- ComradePhil 5y agoThey are high maintainence and very expensive, but the thermal storage is very promising, in that it doesn't have the worst downside of solar. China has been experimenting with them, so I'm hopeful that they will come up with a cheap way to do that.