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2812: "Solar Panel Placement"
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 5:19 am
by ratammer
Title text:
Getting the utility people to run transmission lines to Earth is expensive, but it will pay for itself in no time.
If it's that good just above the surface of the Sun, think about how much exposure it would get
inside the Sun!
Re: 2812: "Solar Panel Placement"
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 2:11 pm
by somitomi
ratammer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 5:19 am
If it's that good just above the surface of the Sun, think about how much exposure it would get
inside the Sun!
It'd actually be less good, because some of the Sun would be behind it
Re: 2812: "Solar Panel Placement"
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 6:58 pm
by ratammer
Oh, good point.
...What if we surrounded the Sun with them?
Re: 2812: "Solar Panel Placement"
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2023 12:03 pm
by somitomi
ratammer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2023 6:58 pm
Oh, good point.
...What if we
surrounded the Sun with them?
have you by any chance heard of someone named Freeman Dyson?
Re: 2812: "Solar Panel Placement"
Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2023 5:08 pm
by heuristically_alone
The maintenance costs have got to be hundreds of millions a year though.