drethelin comments on Stupid Questions May 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: drethelin 02 May 2015 05:27:39AM 10 points [-]

Saltwater causes huge amounts of wear and tear, and weather fluctuations can completely destroy your ship. What you're basically doing is paying a ton more money per square foot of solar panel space than you would be on land, because every bit of that space needs to be attached to a ship.