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Musk claims we can run the entire US off a 100 square mile solar arry + battery storage. Does it make economic sense to just start working on this as a country
by proee 3y ago
Musk claims we can run the entire US off a 100 square mile solar arry + battery storage.
Does it make economic sense to just start working on this as a country, or is this still too cost prohibitive?
Seems like a system that you could upgrade over time as the tech gets better.
What are the downsides of such a concept?
- angiosperm 3y agoThe right place to stop reading is right after "Musk claims". Somebody told him a 100-mile-square array, i.e. 10,000 square miles, would suffice. Of course you build much smaller farms close to where the power is needed, instead. And, of course, solar farms are being built today. We should build them faster.