Argh I hate how they never show installation costs upfront…
People think the cost of the panel is the most expensive, but it’s actually the 151 million km copper cable
Why can’t we just wirelessly transmit the power, maybe have it hit a collection device that can harness about 4 kwh/m^2/day
Copper wouldn’t cut it, too much resistance. You need a superconductor… only problem is how to keep it cold enough at below 1000C.
Build a Dyson Sphere and make $188 septillion/year
If you need that kind of power return on investment Is irrelevant anyway.
Death Star won’t power itself you know!
Wait, it won’t? You’re telling me all this time we could’ve just cut the power cord to Death Star and the Empire would become powerless?
Is it true that you can get 4kwh per day per square meter? My average electricity consumption is ~15kwh/day, so if I can potentially offset most of my grid usage with just 4 square meters of solar panel, that seems very attractive. I live in a tropical country btw.
Each of my panels has a theoretical capacity of 390 Watts per hour. So 4kwh in a day seems very feasible. My panels are certainly not the cutting edge of technology!
Your 390W is if the sun is in the zenith and hitting your panel at right angle. Also, are you sure your panel is 1m^2?
And if you follow, there may be a tomorrow
But if the offer’s shunned, you might as well be installing solar panels on the sun
