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Re:Modeled impact of large-scale wind and solar farms in the... by DoctorOetker on Thursday September 06, 2018 @10:49PM (#17931527)
I totally agree with you, but if any of the many variations of space elevator becomes possible, you can balance the energy and momentum of mass moving up, by mass going down perhaps returning tourism or valuable materials mined off earth
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Re:Modeled impact of large-scale wind and solar farms in the... by polaritron on Friday September 07, 2018 @01:47AM (#17932137)
Which is also awesome, but not an argument against installing massive, terawatt capacity photovoltaic solar arrays across a desert.
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Re:Modeled impact of large-scale wind and solar farms in the... by DoctorOetker on Friday September 07, 2018 @12:15PM (#17935460)
did it occur to you ... perhaps I wasn't arguing against terawatt capacity PV solar arrays across desert? ;)
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