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Re:Speculoos-2c: A new potentially habitable earth by tambourine_man on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @09:07AM (#32750043)
I always day dreamed of a way to extract energy from the heat gradient between cold and dark sides. Possibly a huge pipe with a heat exchanging fluid at higher latitudes.

But with the prices on solar in recent years, I think that’s mostly discarded.

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Re:Speculoos-2c: A new potentially habitable earth by dylan604 on Wednesday September 07, 2022 @10:18AM (#32750971)
Those are local prices. You're forgetting about the expense of shipping, and I'm guessing the last mile problem in that particular set of logistics is a big one. Finding skilled laborers in local manufacturing might also be pretty expensive, so offshoring will be much more favorable even with the higher shipping fees.
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