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'Limitless' energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots (theconversation.com)
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'Limitless' energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots::New research shows densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa could harvest effectively unlimited energy from solar panels floating on calm tropical seas near the equator.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Room temperature superconductor (if it’s real) changes the game. We could pave the southwest in panels and send the power where it needs to go.

[–] overzeetop 1 points 1 year ago

It's such a weird nerdy thing. And, yeah, if it's true and manufacturable, the rest of this century is going to be fucking wild.