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Luke_A_Somers comments on Stupid Questions May 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: Gondolinian 01 May 2015 05:28PM

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Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 01 May 2015 10:26:53PM 7 points [-]

Why isn't sea-based solar power more of a thing? Say you have a big barge of solar panels, soaking up energy and storing it in batteries. Then once in a while a transport ship takes the full batteries to land to be used, and returns some empty batteries to the barge.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 02 May 2015 12:20:28AM 5 points [-]

Batteries? Batteries?

There's the problem.