• wuffwuffwuff@sh.itjust.works
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    14 hours ago

    About half of solar energy passes through the atmosphere, that factor of two isn’t a good enough reason to use space-based solar panels for ground-based power grids.

    Even though the microwave receiver power station in SimCity 2000 looked so cool.

    • solidheron@sh.itjust.works
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      11 hours ago

      But it’s still solar panel system that produces a lot of electricity in a small area regardless of efficiency