It seems that between 1920 and 1970, there was much more progress in physics, computer science, biology, psychiatry, psychology, aerospace and space engineering, education than there was in the last fifty years. Something broke.
Conversion efficiency is a tiny part of solar’s potential. What about specifically engineered plant based solar, cheap spray-on solar, robots that turn deserts into powerplants etc.?
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Spray-on is incompatible with working large scale electronics. Or you need to do it with high precision on high precision surfaces. Which are not cheap.
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Do you know any peaceful high technological desert societies?
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The limits on efficiency per surface area is exactly what is keeping solar down. In The Netherlands we would need to cover half to all our surface. (And also non-existent capable storage technology for 1/3 of our yearly power requirements) http://www.inference.org.uk/sustainable/data/powerd/MapOfWorld.html …
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Also desert solar as seen from Europe (eg Sahara) would mean placing it in warring states that would either destroy them or sit on the power switch to make Europe dance to their liking.
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