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Old 02-16-2022, 06:51 PM   #82 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
I either don't understand the assertion, or my comment about a system that captures less than 100% of the input energy is less efficient than not spending that energy is correct.

It would be nice to have more than 25% solar>electricity conversion. It would be nice to have a fusion reaction that can harvest the energy in productive ways. Thorium might be a good bridge technology. The future will be amazingly unpredictable.
No one's going to understand until they do the math.
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