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It bothers me that you attribute this to Elon Musk. This has been obvious to everyone for 75 years or more. The lecturer in my freshman thermodynamics class men
by jeffbee 8mo ago
It bothers me that you attribute this to Elon Musk. This has been obvious to everyone for 75 years or more. The lecturer in my freshman thermodynamics class mentioned it, 35 years ago. In 1999, NREL scientists writing in the journal Science under the title "A Realizable Renewable Energy Future" made the specific claim about 10000 square miles.
- eYrKEC2 8mo ago> Elon Musk mentioned [...] He didn't say Elon was the origin.
- tmellon2 8mo agoThank you. I was not aware of prior references especially that it could be done with 10K square miles, until media reports of Elon's speech at Davos recently.
- iso1631 8mo agoPeople of a certain world outlook will listen to Musk when they'll ignore more enlightened commentators. That's a good thing.