2812: "Solar Panel Placement"

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2812: "Solar Panel Placement"

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If it's that good just above the surface of the Sun, think about how much exposure it would get inside the Sun!
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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
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Oh, good point.

...What if we surrounded the Sun with them?
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ratammer wrote: Tue Aug 08, 2023 6:58 pm Oh, good point.

...What if we surrounded the Sun with them?
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The maintenance costs have got to be hundreds of millions a year though.
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