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Build this thing in the middle of the desert and you would need around 100 sq mile of solar panels + a fuck load of batteries for it to be energy independent. T
by HDThoreaun 1y ago
Build this thing in the middle of the desert and you would need around 100 sq mile of solar panels + a fuck load of batteries for it to be energy independent. The solar farm would be around $10 billion which is probably far less than the gpus cost
- ecshafer 1y ago[flagged]
- Aeolun 1y agoOn sand?
- HDThoreaun 1y agoThis is a man's world
- retr0rocket 1y ago[dead]
- jonfromsf 1y agoEnvironmentalists are just against progress. A few desert species going extinct is not a big deal. It's an arid wasteland. When we eventually terraform it (with desalinated water from solar / fusion) those species are going to die out anyway.
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- samtp 1y ago> Environmentalists are just against progress Just pure anti-life on earth talk
- bryanlarsen 1y ago100 square miles is small in the American southwest. And a solar farm would disrupt the ecosystem much less than many other land uses. Adding shade and cover will benefit many species.
- ecshafer 1y agoA few nuclear power plants have a much smaller environmental impact.
- bryanlarsen 1y agoBurning 10GW of fossil fuels for 20 years while waiting for the nuclear plants to finish building will do far more damage to the environment than 100 square miles of shade in the desert.
- xnx 1y agoDissipating 10GW of heat is also a challenge in a sunny, hot, dry environment.
- boringg 1y agoWon't get you the necessary 4 9's uptime and energy sadly. Im still 100% for this -- but need another model for energy delivery.
- newyankee 1y ago100 sq km should suffice
- udkl 1y ago$10 billion is small change compare to the estimated all-inclusive cost of $10 billion for EACH 500MW data center ... $200 billion for 10GW.