I often see posted about how covering a relatively small area in a desert with solar panels could power the world – but transferring that energy is too difficult. Why can’t we just use that to charge batteries and ship them places/ everywhere?
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Most of these claims that if you paved for instance an area the size of the state of Texas with solar panels you would power the world are outright lies. I know of one such claim on an university website that used peak solar radiation, 100% conversion efficiency, and misrepresented the world’s power demand to make such a claim. That doesn’t mean that desert solar isn’t a good idea.
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