Lumifer comments on Crazy Ideas Thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 29 June 2016 10:37:02AM 0 points [-]

And we can use superconductors to minimize losses there.

Superconductors need expensive cooling.

In generally this seems both an expensive way to gather energy when we have relatively cheap solar panels and slowing down the earths rotation would likely be opposed by enviromentalists.

Comment author: Lumifer 29 June 2016 02:34:20PM 0 points [-]

slowing down the earths rotation would likely be opposed by enviromentalists

LOL