Norway discovers Europe's largest deposit of rare earth metals

Re:Norway discovers Europe's largest deposit of rare earth m... by Toutouxc on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @01:17PM (#40648926)

The country lies north of the Northern Tropic, which means that it gets less sun in summer AND significantly less sun in winter.

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Re:Norway discovers Europe's largest deposit of rare earth m... by NorwegianDude on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @01:33PM (#40649144)

Ehh, what?

Just because Norway is far north does not mean that it gets less sun all year round. It has more sun in summer, and less in winter.

You can be at the northern most point of mainland Norway now and wait for sunset. But you will have to wait until August. It's been up since May 11.

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Re:Norway discovers Europe's largest deposit of rare earth m... by Toutouxc on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @02:25PM (#40649735)

I wrote that in a rush and was thinking more about the angle, i.e. peak intensity. You get more sun hours, but not that warm.

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Re:Norway discovers Europe's largest deposit of rare earth m... by KingOfCoders on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @03:59PM (#40650795)

Which leads to the best raspberries I ever had. Which suprised us a lot.

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Re:Norway discovers Europe's largest deposit of rare earth m... by ithkuil on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @01:24PM (#40649008)

Less sun intensity but longer days during summer

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