Solar Panels on Half the World’s Roofs Would Power the Planet

Re:Solar Panels on Half the World’s Roofs Would Power the Pl... by omnomynous on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:55PM (#28842830)

Can't we just set up an orbital solar panel array beyond the space debris field, have it always rotate to point at the sun 24/7, and just get a really big extension cord to connect back to earth, and call it a day?

Look, if we're gonna spend a gorgillion dollars we don't have, let's at least be efficient with it. We're engineers, damnit!

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Re:Solar Panels on Half the World’s Roofs Would Power the Pl... by more_corn on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @04:41PM (#28844795)

I know you're being sarcastic, but please don't use the "just" word to talk about trillion dollar infrastructure projects that require product-ionizing thus-far theoretical technologies.

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