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Re:Twice the height of the Empire State - massive solar towe... by tedkimble on Monday July 25, 2011 @01:13AM (#2801438)
So at $750 million a pop, that's a little over $550 billion to power US homes. Or, roughly 50% of the annual budget of the military to power all US homes for 80 years!

Clearly back of the envelope numbers, but definitely something to be excited about.

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Re:Twice the height of the Empire State - massive solar towe... by ahlatimer on Monday July 25, 2011 @02:23AM (#2801588)
Well, you can't only have these things powering US homes because I can't imagine they work that well at night.
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Re:Twice the height of the Empire State - massive solar towe... by erikpukinskis on Monday July 25, 2011 @04:03AM (#2801775)
They do actually.
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Re:Twice the height of the Empire State - massive solar towe... by savramescu on Monday July 25, 2011 @05:32AM (#2801934)
Truth be told, the article doesn't say how well they work at night. I don't think that it'll work just as good, but that doesn't mean it won't work at all.
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