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Old 09-21-2018, 01:28 PM   #124 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
No twice over. Using the sun to boil water to make electricity does not make sense, because photovoltaics are a lot more efficient, and can easily be installed on your roof. Using nuclear reactions does make sense, because (for a lot of reasons) you sometimes need more than you can get from the sun, and (unlike coal or other fossil fuels) nuclear reactions do this with minimal side effects, like screwing up the climate.
Thermal solar is much more efficient than PV. And thermal is less expensive, too.
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