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If God had wanted us to have nearly unlimited clean energy, He would have placed a fusion reactor into the sky. (feddit.org)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 5 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

Fields with solar panels (10-40% shadowing) actually have up to 20% more yield here, since summers get too hot for 1 - 2 months. Swiss, not far south.

Also, place them on roofs!

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    That’s my point. The social benefit of renewables are environmentally and temporally differentiating. It doesn’t mean we shouldn’t invest in them! We definitely should, and likely more than we do. But all I’m saying if you were to calculate the environmental and societal long run costs, I believe there must be places and situations where fission/fusion is preferred sometimes.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I believe there must be places and situations where fission/fusion is preferred sometimes.

    Heavy industry. Metal casting, metal purification from ore, rockwool insulation, cement, glass works, all use huge energy.

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