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Re:Modeled impact of large-scale wind and solar farms in the... by pesmhey on Thursday September 06, 2018 @05:49PM (#17929895)
I’d like to offer a comparison that may put it into a different perspective for you. Imagine saying that a 1 TB hard drive is excessive, 20 years ago. Sure, contemporaneously, but we sure did find some useful ways to put all that excessive hard drive space to use.
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Re:Modeled impact of large-scale wind and solar farms in the... by delecti on Thursday September 06, 2018 @05:57PM (#17929980)
One really good example would be water desalination. I'm sure the neighbors of the Sahara could use a glut of fresh water.
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Re:Modeled impact of large-scale wind and solar farms in the... by lostlogin on Friday September 07, 2018 @02:31AM (#17932289)
A great use for the power, but also another destabilising thing for them and all the interested foreign powers to fight over.
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Re:Modeled impact of large-scale wind and solar farms in the... by delecti on Friday September 07, 2018 @12:33PM (#17935611)
Unfortunately I think you're probably right. It's really a shame how many otherwise great things we miss out on because people suck. Constant "this is why we can't have nice things."
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