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The 10 big energy myths
- petercooper 18y agoMyth 1: solar power is too expensive to be of much use I think that if there's one technology that's going to go crazy this century, it'll be solar power. We're so close to being able to harness the sun's energy efficiently (of which several hundred watts-worth can be hitting a square meter per hour), and when it becomes possible, it'll be more game changing than the proliferation of the telephone or the Internet. Imagine.. next-to-free power almost anywhere on the planet at almost any time (assuming battery technology keeps up too). All sorts of crazy de-salinization, carbon extraction, and similar plans would become possible.
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