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Jun 19, 2022
6:26:28am

charles All-American

Batteries are way too expensive. Put them on roofs in CA / AZ. Offset AC.

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charles

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Random idea for energy generation : Battery boats with floating solar panels

greatbam 1% better everyday

6/19/22 6:09am

Not sure the energy generated would be more than what’s required

XORCoug

6/19/22 6:11am

I mean there's already boats going back and forth between US and China. It could be another source of revenue for..

greatbam

6/19/22 6:25am

I guess it’s possible. Something for someone smarter than me to figure out.

XORCoug

6/19/22 6:27am

Or the container ships could be just be electric - free shipping!!!

ABCoug

6/19/22 7:26am

Or skip the boats and just have the panels traverse to ocean and have a floating

ABCoug

6/19/22 7:23am

Batteries are way too expensive. Put them on roofs in CA / AZ. Offset AC.

charles

6/19/22 6:26am

You wouldn't absolutely need batteries. I imagine there might be a way to run a really long power cable through the..

greatbam

6/20/22 6:50am

Also it could affect the oceanic ecosystems

TheHop

6/19/22 6:31am

Yeah but aren't there a lot of scientist saying that ocean warming is an issue?

greatbam

6/20/22 5:37am

What I am talking about has nothing to do with temp.

TheHop

6/20/22 8:53am

Ditch the boats, run a cord

CBaass

6/19/22 6:37am

Or just go all in on SMRs. Use the excess power for desalination and hydrogen generation

Colorado

6/19/22 6:45am

Sounds about as cheap as just burning coal that literally all of Wyoming sits on

ABCoug

6/19/22 7:14am

Coal would be cheaper

MarylandFan

6/19/22 9:26am

Or could use the ocean surface to grow bio-fuels without the need for batteries

ABCoug

6/19/22 7:17am

Till a whale breaches on top of them a damaged millions of dollars worth of

Cougz19

6/19/22 7:24am

Something to keep in mind once we run out of roof space.

6/19/22 7:38am

You did it, you solved the energy crisis

Hotlanta

6/19/22 8:20am

They don’t call me Greatbam for nothin

greatbam

6/20/22 5:44am

Maybe you’ll be able to change your name to Warmlanta soon

greatbam

6/20/22 5:45am

Have you thought about the damage it will create to the jigglypufferclown fish?

Don Carlton

6/19/22 8:30am

Solar has an incredibly high area per megawatt ratio. Easier to do on land.

MarylandFan

6/19/22 9:28am

I wonder if they could instead create turbines that turned with ocean waves.

Lalau

6/19/22 3:15pm

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