Re:The US military is getting serious about nuclear thermal ...
by macspoofing on Monday June 22, 2020 @08:31AM
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>I’d like to see them explain the benefits of this over solar power.
One big problem with solar energy is that it is a diffuse power source (i.e. energy per unit area is low), and gets exponentially more diffuse the further from the sun you go.
The second is that though solar energy is limitless, the components that need to use chemistry to turn solar energy into electricity, are not.
One big problem with solar energy is that it is a diffuse power source (i.e. energy per unit area is low), and gets exponentially more diffuse the further from the sun you go.
The second is that though solar energy is limitless, the components that need to use chemistry to turn solar energy into electricity, are not.