Others too but that was a big one in this area
Australia has solar coverage for PV, good potential for solar thermal, wind, waves, some geothermal potential.
It would wind up being much cheaper than coal.
Australia has a ton of space for solar too
But requires some capital.
Largest exporter of Uranium in the world and we dont have nuclear
Yesp, that's dumb.
But the taxpayer has to foot the bill and many cant afford it
for renewables
That's backwards.
people gonna start dying in the heat because they can't afford to turn on the AC
Put kangaroos on hamster wheels hooked to a generator
If the taxpayer foots the bill, it shields individuals from cost increases.
Why not make solar grids?
How efficient is solar currently? Doesn't it only make use of less than 10% of the potential energy or is my info out of date?
You reallocate from one part of the budget (say some SJW bullshit) to solve a real problem.
The latest gen solar PV is more efficient than that.
But solar thermal is where it's at.
Solar energy currently has been less efficient from high temp
Basically using parabolic mirrors to heat molten salt, whcih drives a turbine 24/7 (wince the salt doesn't cool overnight).
I work (in a non-technical capacity) in renewable energy research.
high temperature has been killing solar cells efficiency
their peak energy output is apparently like 25 degrees
worked, I should say.
celcius
Solar cells and solar heating are two different things
Solar heating is solar thermal.
It can scale.
And it's potentially cheap.
Solar thermal isn't going to work in cold regions and solar cells are very inefficient, costly technology with a lot of waste
i've only seen solar heating for peoples hot water, and that has its own issues
But Sure.
I'm talking about Australia.
Where solar thermal will certainly work.
Its the classic when the wind blows and the sun does not shine, how are you gonna get power
Solar heating works you’d think the water would come out cold at 70
No it’s near boiling
But it’s harder for cold water
You store it using hydro-batteries.
On that note, it's currently 4am in Australias most populated regions, how did Australia get brought up?
It's likely I'm the only Australian up atm
