• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    That’s funny, but modern solar panel power plants don’t care that it’s winter. The panels rotate and an arid area isn’t getting that much more cloud cover.

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      21 days ago

      The article says the ones it talks about do. Also, rotating panels can’t stop days from being shorter during winter.

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        21 days ago

        I’m not saying it’s not lower. I’m saying it’s not nearly as big of a deal as people say it is.

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              21 days ago

              So we are not using it for cars, but to make electricity at night? Just even less efficiently than hydro pumped power? Ok…

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                21 days ago

                Hydroelectric is great where it is available, but it’s again limited by landscape and other factors in use