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There's no biology on Mercury either, so whatever system you use there, would work as well or better underwater.
by uvdiv 13y ago
There's no biology on Mercury either, so whatever system you use there, would work as well or better underwater.
- hcarvalhoalves 13y agoYeah I think so. It wasn't comparing to Mercury though, just pointing out underwater probably isn't an oasis.
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- lmm 13y agoOne of the biggest points of the article was that Mercury has abundant available energy from the sun - just stick up some solar panels, or the thermal gradients are perfect for running turbines - large enough to supply a lot of power, but not so large that engineering becomes hard. While there are some energy sources available underwater, it would seem to be much more difficult to exploit them.
- uvdiv 13y agoor the thermal gradients are perfect for running turbines They're completely useless, actually: they're in insulating rock with no ability to conduct away heat. As soon you try to exploit a temperature gradient, you destroy it.