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Re:A $900B Oil Treasure Lies Beneath West Texas Desert by bigtex on Sunday November 20, 2016 @08:22AM (#12998712)
You have to use water to clean solar panels off, so putting them in the desert means they would get dirty and dirty panels aren't very efficient.
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Re:A $900B Oil Treasure Lies Beneath West Texas Desert by SwellJoe on Sunday November 20, 2016 @06:41PM (#13001956)
Are you aware of how much water fracking requires?
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