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← Space-based solar power will never supply electricity to Earth, because it is thousands of times too expensive.

17 connected korrents · 18 moments on record from 3 Nov 2008 to 3 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about energy.

Everything filed under solar solar Everything filed under batteries batteries Everything filed under data centers data centers Everything filed under nuclear power nuclear power Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Space-based solar power will never supply electricity to Earth, because it is thousands of times too expensive. Space-based solar power will neversupply electricity to Earth, becauseit is thousands of times tooexpensive. Last stated 7 years ago 20 Aug 2019 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2019-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past. — tap to centre the map on it A future of constrained energywill need more people workingthe land, and that is not thesame as going back to the… Last stated 2 months ago 30 Jun 2026 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A solar system holding a trillion humans is the right thing to aim at, because a population that size would have a thousand Mozarts and a thousand Einsteins alive at once. — tap to centre the map on it A solar system holding atrillion humans is the rightthing to aim at, because apopulation that size would… Last stated 3 years ago 14 Dec 2023 JB Jeff Bezos — holds since 2023-12-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: After four more doublings of installed solar capacity, solar electricity will cost about 3 cents per kwh in the sunniest areas and 4.5 cents per kwh in moderately sunny areas. — tap to centre the map on it After four more doublings ofinstalled solar capacity,solar electricity will costabout 3 cents per kwh in the… Last stated 6 years ago 14 May 2020 RN Ramez Naam — holds since 2015-08-10 — tap for who they are RN Ramez Naam — no longer holds since 2020-05-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: An acre of solar panels powering electric cars carries you orders of magnitude further than an acre of crops grown for fuel. — tap to centre the map on it An acre of solar panelspowering electric cars carriesyou orders of magnitudefurther than an acre of crops… Last stated 3 years ago 5 Sept 2023 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2023-09-05 — tap for who they are MG Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-06-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Average solar electricity prices in sunny parts of the world will fall to one or two cents per kwh by 2030 or 2035. — tap to centre the map on it Average solar electricityprices in sunny parts of theworld will fall to one or twocents per kwh by 2030 or 2035. Last stated 6 years ago 14 May 2020 RN Ramez Naam — holds since 2020-05-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cheap clean energy has broken the old trade-off between raising living standards and cutting environmental harm. — tap to centre the map on it Cheap clean energy has brokenthe old trade-off betweenraising living standards andcutting environmental harm. Last stated 9 months ago 9 Dec 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-10-11 — tap for who they are HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Demand for electricity will rise to absorb far more solar than is currently considered feasible. — tap to centre the map on it Demand for electricity willrise to absorb far more solarthan is currently consideredfeasible. Last stated 6 years ago 14 May 2020 RN Ramez Naam — holds since 2020-05-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Europe cannot meet its energy needs from renewables alone and will need nuclear power, solar power from deserts elsewhere, or both. — tap to centre the map on it Europe cannot meet its energyneeds from renewables aloneand will need nuclear power,solar power from deserts… Last stated 18 years ago 3 Nov 2008 DM David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nuclear is empirically the safest form of energy -- safer even than solar, once you count the people who fall off roofs. — tap to centre the map on it Nuclear is empirically thesafest form of energy -- safereven than solar, once youcount the people who fall off… Last stated 3 weeks ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Solar power combined with batteries has surpassed nuclear power as the superior energy technology for most uses. — tap to centre the map on it Solar power combined withbatteries has surpassednuclear power as the superiorenergy technology for most… Last stated 4 days ago 3 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: American manufacturing output cannot meaningfully rise without first building large amounts of new electricity generation. — tap to centre the map on it American manufacturing outputcannot meaningfully risewithout first building largeamounts of new electricity… Last stated a year ago 6 Apr 2025 MH Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants. — tap to centre the map on it About a fifth of the US gridcould be freed for datacentres just by covering theyearly peak with batteries or… Last stated 6 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: An off-grid data centre can delete its uninterruptible power supplies entirely, because the battery bank outside already is one. — tap to centre the map on it An off-grid data centre candelete its uninterruptiblepower supplies entirely,because the battery bank… Last stated 2 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Battery-electric airliners do not work even on optimistic assumptions, and the arithmetic said so before anyone built one. — tap to centre the map on it Battery-electric airliners donot work even on optimisticassumptions, and thearithmetic said so before… Last stated 5 years ago 2 Apr 2021 BF Bjorn Fehrm — holds since 2021-04-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre earns its county far more tax revenue per gallon of water than a golf course does. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre earns its countyfar more tax revenue pergallon of water than a golfcourse does. Last stated 11 months ago 11 Oct 2025 AM Andy Masley — holds since 2025-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre should be split into independent power blocks fed directly at 1500 volts DC, rather than run through one central distribution system. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre should be splitinto independent power blocksfed directly at 1500 volts DC,rather than run through one… Last stated 2 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: After the cloud exit, the next step is out of the data centre: home servers and multi-gigabit home connections make the garage startup literal again. — tap to centre the map on it After the cloud exit, the nextstep is out of the datacentre: home servers andmulti-gigabit home connections… Last stated a year ago 12 Jul 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Space-based solar power will never supply electricity to Earth, because it is thousands of times too expensive. Last stated 20 Aug 2019 · 7 years ago Holds Casey Handmer Read this korrent →