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[–] 85 points 4 months ago (16 children)

The idea .....

Send water on a 150 million kilometer pipeline to the sun to super heat it ... then pipe the steam back to power a turbine

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I don't know why you made me laugh so much, thanks for that post.

    I think it's because it turns the concept into something so low tech and banal

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    this is just the inverse of concentrated solar. you bring the pipe closer to the light rather than bringing the light closer to the pipe.

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