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Re:University of Texas-led team solves a big problem for fus... by BurningFrog on Monday May 12, 2025 @03:11PM (#43966519)
Yeah, I'm not saying solar power is impossible.

Just pointing out that there are real downsides to this energy source, like all the others.

Now is not the time to stop developing energy sources.

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Re:University of Texas-led team solves a big problem for fus... by pfdietz on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @09:42AM (#43972897)
The space issue is obviously a bullshit red herring.

PV provides massively more value per acre than agriculture does. If PV were seriously constrained by land costs, agriculture would be impossible.

But society is perfectly fine with having land producing $500/acre/year of hay, instead of $25,000/acre/year of PV output.

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Re:University of Texas-led team solves a big problem for fus... by HDThoreaun on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @10:15AM (#43973237)
Obviously there are downsides but space is something the US at least has basically unlimited amounts of.
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