Okay so you can focus sunlight with a lens hot enough to melt sand. Could you do this with water and use the steam to turn an electrical crank? I guess that’s just inefficient solar with extra steps Hmmm my brain is buzzing
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solar thermal, fit for a desert queenpic.twitter.com/jYHlv1VvQ7
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basically the tech hasn’t reached maturity vs photovolatic but efficiency can be better and thermal storage can be integrated. people spoke about even lower prices than PV and it might have been but pv dropped in price too rapidly for solar thermal to get a start down cost curve
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