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Yes, and don't forget photovoltaics aren't limited to the crust - they can scale upwards, outwards, on top of oceanic deserts and arid lands. Cover sunny, blea
by the_sleaze_ 1y ago
Yes, and don't forget photovoltaics aren't limited to the crust - they can scale upwards, outwards, on top of oceanic deserts and arid lands.
Cover sunny, bleak northern africa in towering photovoltaics panels baby!
- shermantanktop 1y agoLabeling a massive geographic zone in an underdeveloped, historically exploited area—one which plays a key role in how the climate works—-as useless, and then converting it to an extractive industry…what could go wrong? I’m as optimistic as the next person about energy tech, but I hope it doesn’t turn out like yet more colonialism.
- linkregister 1y agoYeah, it would be terrible to offer the citizens of Chad, Mali, Tunisia, Libya, etc an opportunity to get revenue. Only Western democracies like Norway and Australia are allowed to extract substances!
- the_sleaze_ 1y ago> as useless It's not useless, it's arid. > which plays a key role in how the climate works As does ever other square meter on Earth, and its natural abundant resource could be leveraged to even greater overall good. > Extractive industry ... like yet more colonialism. I'm not sure how we got here, or what your actual concern is.