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Re:China’s ‘Artificial Sun’ achieves fusion breakthrough by Reason077 on Friday November 11, 2016 @10:35AM (#12931507)
The tilt and rotation of the earth also has a blocking effect, resulting in significant seasonal and daily variations in signal strength. Weather phenomena also effects it in many areas.

Still, the virtually unlimited energy available via this means is making it increasingly promising. Moving forward, storage technology will help overcome some of the limitations.

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Re:China’s ‘Artificial Sun’ achieves fusion breakthrough by theandrewbailey on Friday November 11, 2016 @10:46AM (#12931638)
Said variations cause significant motion in the fluid surrounding the receivers. Building alternative secondary receivers to extract this indirect energy can yield additional gains.
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