[HN Gopher] California wants to build more solar farms but needs...
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       California wants to build more solar farms but needs more power
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       Author : mfiguiere
       Score  : 5 points
       Date   : 2023-04-01 19:37 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | badrabbit wrote:
       | I think power transmission efficiency is the biggest problem and
       | next frontier to both migrating to renewables but also in
       | technology in general.
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       | Imagine being able to power any part of a country or even from/to
       | remote places like sahara or antarctica. It's not just about
       | building cities and transportation but so much more. Clean water,
       | affordable housing, economic boom,etc...
       | 
       | Copper just isn't the future in my opinion. Light and radiation
       | is how the sun transmits energy to us, maybe we can do the same
       | thing with lasers, gammaa rays,etc...
        
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