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Colour me skeptical. Floating a boat on water is a lot more expensive than sticking a steel frame into the ground.

• derriz 3y ago
  Yes - why are some many strangely dissatisfied with the obvious way to deploy panels - it's just too simple? Panels are cheap, steel frames are cheap and there's plenty of cheap land available. And such a set-up is very cheap and easy to install and maintain. Why the need to add complexity? Putting panels onto domestic rooftops, trying to construct roadways with panels, floating panels on bodies of water, adding tracking mechanics, adding active cooling systems, etc. - all increase installation and maintenance costs and decrease reliability and simplicity. I just don't see what the problems are that these efforts are trying to solve.
  • rgmerk 3y ago
    Some people go bonkers about the prospect of agricultural land being used for anything other than the more photogenic kinds of farming. Some of these people are farmers who object to having to pay market rates to buy or lease land, and should be told precisely where to get off. But farmers are a politically protected species.