Comment by rossant
8 hours ago
Sure, though there’s a difference between extracting energy stored for millions of years and capturing the continuous flow of energy from the sun.
8 hours ago
Sure, though there’s a difference between extracting energy stored for millions of years and capturing the continuous flow of energy from the sun.
> Sure, though there’s a difference between extracting energy stored for millions of years and capturing the continuous flow of energy from the sun.
The former is actually continuous, and thus far more reliable. The latter requires coming up with some other storage mechanism. Granted, we have ways to do this already. But it's still not a trivial project.