supercheesecake@aussie.zone to Science@beehaw.org · 11 months ago[xkcd] Physics will make you rich!xkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaredomlinkfedilinkarrow-up37·11 months agoPeople think the cost of the panel is the most expensive, but it’s actually the 151 million km copper cable
minus-squareFZDC@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up16·11 months agoWhy can’t we just wirelessly transmit the power, maybe have it hit a collection device that can harness about 4 kwh/m^2/day
minus-squaredomlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-211 months agoHey that’s not a bad idea. We could install these receivers on people’s roofs or in big parking lots
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 months agoCopper wouldn’t cut it, too much resistance. You need a superconductor… only problem is how to keep it cold enough at below 1000C.
minus-squareredcalcium@lemmy.institutelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agoEasy, just cool it with some sort of space refrigerator. Solar powered of course. Net electricity arrived on earth after cooling cost: 1kwh/day
People think the cost of the panel is the most expensive, but it’s actually the 151 million km copper cable
Why can’t we just wirelessly transmit the power, maybe have it hit a collection device that can harness about 4 kwh/m^2/day
Hey that’s not a bad idea. We could install these receivers on people’s roofs or in big parking lots
Copper wouldn’t cut it, too much resistance. You need a superconductor… only problem is how to keep it cold enough at below 1000C.
Easy, just cool it with some sort of space refrigerator. Solar powered of course.
Net electricity arrived on earth after cooling cost: 1kwh/day