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Old 05-31-2019, 02:34 PM   #5911 (permalink)
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Way too diffuse by the time it gets here. Takes a desert full of mirrors to do anything. And totally useless 3 months a year where I live.
If 1% of Nevada was covered with solar heat systems, that could power HALF the lower 48 states. We can do long distance high voltage DC transmission lines across the country, and only lose about 8%.

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