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Could solar power be utilized and substitute coal in the 19th Century
How long will it take to form a new dialect and language in underground steampunk London?Could a 19th century space gun be of any use today in space exploration?What would the industrial age be like without oil and coal?What would a steam locomotive look like if steam power became yet again the main type used in rail transportation?Post apocalyptic science based storyCan this world invent gas cylinders early?Designing an icy-surface vehicle for -70° without electronic circuits onboardHow to combat magic as science?Could people of the 14th century create an inline engine for use in aircraft and vehicles?Counteracting Perverse Incentive effects in 1902 Hanoi rat population
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Would it be possible for a nation with 19th century to very early 20th Century technology and history and hot desert climate to utilize solar power for electrical generation as a substitute for coal or replace the use of coal in any other way?
Hope this question is more to the liking of this stack exchange.
There is not an abundance of national coal however rivers and ocean could allow for importation of coal.
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Would it be possible for a nation with 19th century to very early 20th Century technology and history and hot desert climate to utilize solar power for electrical generation as a substitute for coal or replace the use of coal in any other way?
Hope this question is more to the liking of this stack exchange.
There is not an abundance of national coal however rivers and ocean could allow for importation of coal.
technology hard-science steampunk
asked 2 hours ago
Echo61505Echo61505
766
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Not in the way you asked the question, absolutely not. If it wasn't done back then, it can't be done with 19th century technology, that would be a paradox. But I assume you dont mean literally 19th century technology but something else? Perhaps instead of asking this question, describe what you want to do first and then tell us the exact part, details are king here, that you are unsure about or don't know how to do.
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– Raditz_35
2 hours ago
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Not with solar panels, no, but remember that coal IS solar indirectly.
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– Renan
2 hours ago
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Sorry, but could you state directly what "h se" is, because when I google it, the results are confusing and not related to your question.
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– Agrajag
1 hour ago
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In daytime they had daylight, and solar power does not work at night (at least not with any imaginable technology of the time), this would put a crimp in the development of electric light...
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– AlexP
56 mins ago
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Dann that typo..
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– Echo61505
45 mins ago
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Would it be possible for a nation with 19th century to very early 20th Century technology and history and hot desert climate to utilize solar power for electrical generation as a substitute for coal or replace the use of coal in any other way?
Hope this question is more to the liking of this stack exchange.
There is not an abundance of national coal however rivers and ocean could allow for importation of coal.
technology hard-science steampunk
asked 2 hours ago
Echo61505Echo61505
766
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Would it be possible for a nation with 19th century to very early 20th Century technology and history and hot desert climate to utilize solar power for electrical generation as a substitute for coal or replace the use of coal in any other way?
Hope this question is more to the liking of this stack exchange.
There is not an abundance of national coal however rivers and ocean could allow for importation of coal.
technology hard-science steampunk
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asked 2 hours ago
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Not in the way you asked the question, absolutely not. If it wasn't done back then, it can't be done with 19th century technology, that would be a paradox. But I assume you dont mean literally 19th century technology but something else? Perhaps instead of asking this question, describe what you want to do first and then tell us the exact part, details are king here, that you are unsure about or don't know how to do.
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– Raditz_35
2 hours ago
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Not with solar panels, no, but remember that coal IS solar indirectly.
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– Renan
2 hours ago
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Sorry, but could you state directly what "h se" is, because when I google it, the results are confusing and not related to your question.
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– Agrajag
1 hour ago
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In daytime they had daylight, and solar power does not work at night (at least not with any imaginable technology of the time), this would put a crimp in the development of electric light...
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– AlexP
56 mins ago
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Dann that typo..
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– Echo61505
45 mins ago
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Not in the way you asked the question, absolutely not. If it wasn't done back then, it can't be done with 19th century technology, that would be a paradox. But I assume you dont mean literally 19th century technology but something else? Perhaps instead of asking this question, describe what you want to do first and then tell us the exact part, details are king here, that you are unsure about or don't know how to do.
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– Raditz_35
2 hours ago
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Not with solar panels, no, but remember that coal IS solar indirectly.
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– Renan
2 hours ago
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Sorry, but could you state directly what "h se" is, because when I google it, the results are confusing and not related to your question.
$endgroup$
– Agrajag
1 hour ago
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In daytime they had daylight, and solar power does not work at night (at least not with any imaginable technology of the time), this would put a crimp in the development of electric light...
$endgroup$
– AlexP
56 mins ago
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Dann that typo..
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– Echo61505
45 mins ago
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Not in the way you asked the question, absolutely not. If it wasn't done back then, it can't be done with 19th century technology, that would be a paradox. But I assume you dont mean literally 19th century technology but something else? Perhaps instead of asking this question, describe what you want to do first and then tell us the exact part, details are king here, that you are unsure about or don't know how to do.
$endgroup$
– Raditz_35
2 hours ago
$begingroup$
Not in the way you asked the question, absolutely not. If it wasn't done back then, it can't be done with 19th century technology, that would be a paradox. But I assume you dont mean literally 19th century technology but something else? Perhaps instead of asking this question, describe what you want to do first and then tell us the exact part, details are king here, that you are unsure about or don't know how to do.
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– Raditz_35
2 hours ago
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Not with solar panels, no, but remember that coal IS solar indirectly.
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– Renan
2 hours ago
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Not with solar panels, no, but remember that coal IS solar indirectly.
$endgroup$
– Renan
2 hours ago
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Sorry, but could you state directly what "h se" is, because when I google it, the results are confusing and not related to your question.
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– Agrajag
1 hour ago
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Sorry, but could you state directly what "h se" is, because when I google it, the results are confusing and not related to your question.
$endgroup$
– Agrajag
1 hour ago
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In daytime they had daylight, and solar power does not work at night (at least not with any imaginable technology of the time), this would put a crimp in the development of electric light...
$endgroup$
– AlexP
56 mins ago
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In daytime they had daylight, and solar power does not work at night (at least not with any imaginable technology of the time), this would put a crimp in the development of electric light...
$endgroup$
– AlexP
56 mins ago
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Dann that typo..
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– Echo61505
45 mins ago
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Dann that typo..
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– Echo61505
45 mins ago
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Yes, they could. You "just" need a large mirror to concentrate sunlight on a boiler to produce the steam. Power plants that use this principle are in use today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility
The first problem you have is with economy. Burning coal is just way too cheap if you have it available, and it's much easier to get a few megawatts of heat out of burning coal than it is to get the same amount of heat from mirrors. Simply because you need about one square meter of mirror for each kilowatt of sunlight you want to collect, and the mirror needs to be continuously adjusted to the sun. A single man shoveling coal into an engine produces much, much more than just a single kilowatt of heat...
You can offset the economy problem by making coal hard-to-get in your country.
However, the second problem remains: Efficiency. Early steam engines were brutally inefficient, turning only 1% or 2% (Watt's optimized version!) of the heat into actual mechanical work. So, if you have a giant 10x10m mirror ($100m^2$), you only get 1kW or 2kW of usable power output. Anything that requires more energy than that quickly becomes infeasible to power with the many, enormous mirrors you need, which all require man-power to adjust to the sun continuously.
Of course, you can offset this by a) allowing close to modern steam turbines, and b) fancy clockworks that automagically adjust the mirrors. Nevertheless, it remains difficult to get the power from the power plants to where it's actually needed.
answered 2 hours ago
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Given that the primary motive for building power plants was electric light, and the mirrors don't work at night...
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– AlexP
57 mins ago
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Any use of electricity or any other use of coal is what I am asking from powering a city to a solar cooker would be relevant. On the other hand I do get that the main use of electricity for the majority of that time period is electrical lighting. Not every area would be connected to water ways so while demand may not realistically exist in every city without the right political decisions some parts of the nation could still prefer a solar option.
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– Echo61505
11 mins ago
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Not just lights, things like pumps, which need to be run 24/7 don't work with solar either.
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– John
45 secs ago
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No. Coal works as power source because it is solar energy, concentrated, in a convenient form (rocks). Solar power is simply too disperse to be a power source to early, inefficient, steam machines
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Yes, they could. You "just" need a large mirror to concentrate sunlight on a boiler to produce the steam. Power plants that use this principle are in use today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility
The first problem you have is with economy. Burning coal is just way too cheap if you have it available, and it's much easier to get a few megawatts of heat out of burning coal than it is to get the same amount of heat from mirrors. Simply because you need about one square meter of mirror for each kilowatt of sunlight you want to collect, and the mirror needs to be continuously adjusted to the sun. A single man shoveling coal into an engine produces much, much more than just a single kilowatt of heat...
You can offset the economy problem by making coal hard-to-get in your country.
However, the second problem remains: Efficiency. Early steam engines were brutally inefficient, turning only 1% or 2% (Watt's optimized version!) of the heat into actual mechanical work. So, if you have a giant 10x10m mirror ($100m^2$), you only get 1kW or 2kW of usable power output. Anything that requires more energy than that quickly becomes infeasible to power with the many, enormous mirrors you need, which all require man-power to adjust to the sun continuously.
Of course, you can offset this by a) allowing close to modern steam turbines, and b) fancy clockworks that automagically adjust the mirrors. Nevertheless, it remains difficult to get the power from the power plants to where it's actually needed.
answered 2 hours ago
cmastercmaster
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Given that the primary motive for building power plants was electric light, and the mirrors don't work at night...
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– AlexP
57 mins ago
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Any use of electricity or any other use of coal is what I am asking from powering a city to a solar cooker would be relevant. On the other hand I do get that the main use of electricity for the majority of that time period is electrical lighting. Not every area would be connected to water ways so while demand may not realistically exist in every city without the right political decisions some parts of the nation could still prefer a solar option.
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– Echo61505
11 mins ago
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Not just lights, things like pumps, which need to be run 24/7 don't work with solar either.
$endgroup$
– John
45 secs ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Yes, they could. You "just" need a large mirror to concentrate sunlight on a boiler to produce the steam. Power plants that use this principle are in use today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility
The first problem you have is with economy. Burning coal is just way too cheap if you have it available, and it's much easier to get a few megawatts of heat out of burning coal than it is to get the same amount of heat from mirrors. Simply because you need about one square meter of mirror for each kilowatt of sunlight you want to collect, and the mirror needs to be continuously adjusted to the sun. A single man shoveling coal into an engine produces much, much more than just a single kilowatt of heat...
You can offset the economy problem by making coal hard-to-get in your country.
However, the second problem remains: Efficiency. Early steam engines were brutally inefficient, turning only 1% or 2% (Watt's optimized version!) of the heat into actual mechanical work. So, if you have a giant 10x10m mirror ($100m^2$), you only get 1kW or 2kW of usable power output. Anything that requires more energy than that quickly becomes infeasible to power with the many, enormous mirrors you need, which all require man-power to adjust to the sun continuously.
Of course, you can offset this by a) allowing close to modern steam turbines, and b) fancy clockworks that automagically adjust the mirrors. Nevertheless, it remains difficult to get the power from the power plants to where it's actually needed.
answered 2 hours ago
cmastercmaster
3,532815
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
Given that the primary motive for building power plants was electric light, and the mirrors don't work at night...
$endgroup$
– AlexP
57 mins ago
$begingroup$
Any use of electricity or any other use of coal is what I am asking from powering a city to a solar cooker would be relevant. On the other hand I do get that the main use of electricity for the majority of that time period is electrical lighting. Not every area would be connected to water ways so while demand may not realistically exist in every city without the right political decisions some parts of the nation could still prefer a solar option.
$endgroup$
– Echo61505
11 mins ago
$begingroup$
Not just lights, things like pumps, which need to be run 24/7 don't work with solar either.
$endgroup$
– John
45 secs ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Yes, they could. You "just" need a large mirror to concentrate sunlight on a boiler to produce the steam. Power plants that use this principle are in use today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility
The first problem you have is with economy. Burning coal is just way too cheap if you have it available, and it's much easier to get a few megawatts of heat out of burning coal than it is to get the same amount of heat from mirrors. Simply because you need about one square meter of mirror for each kilowatt of sunlight you want to collect, and the mirror needs to be continuously adjusted to the sun. A single man shoveling coal into an engine produces much, much more than just a single kilowatt of heat...
You can offset the economy problem by making coal hard-to-get in your country.
However, the second problem remains: Efficiency. Early steam engines were brutally inefficient, turning only 1% or 2% (Watt's optimized version!) of the heat into actual mechanical work. So, if you have a giant 10x10m mirror ($100m^2$), you only get 1kW or 2kW of usable power output. Anything that requires more energy than that quickly becomes infeasible to power with the many, enormous mirrors you need, which all require man-power to adjust to the sun continuously.
Of course, you can offset this by a) allowing close to modern steam turbines, and b) fancy clockworks that automagically adjust the mirrors. Nevertheless, it remains difficult to get the power from the power plants to where it's actually needed.
answered 2 hours ago
cmastercmaster
3,532815
$endgroup$
Yes, they could. You "just" need a large mirror to concentrate sunlight on a boiler to produce the steam. Power plants that use this principle are in use today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility
The first problem you have is with economy. Burning coal is just way too cheap if you have it available, and it's much easier to get a few megawatts of heat out of burning coal than it is to get the same amount of heat from mirrors. Simply because you need about one square meter of mirror for each kilowatt of sunlight you want to collect, and the mirror needs to be continuously adjusted to the sun. A single man shoveling coal into an engine produces much, much more than just a single kilowatt of heat...
You can offset the economy problem by making coal hard-to-get in your country.
However, the second problem remains: Efficiency. Early steam engines were brutally inefficient, turning only 1% or 2% (Watt's optimized version!) of the heat into actual mechanical work. So, if you have a giant 10x10m mirror ($100m^2$), you only get 1kW or 2kW of usable power output. Anything that requires more energy than that quickly becomes infeasible to power with the many, enormous mirrors you need, which all require man-power to adjust to the sun continuously.
Of course, you can offset this by a) allowing close to modern steam turbines, and b) fancy clockworks that automagically adjust the mirrors. Nevertheless, it remains difficult to get the power from the power plants to where it's actually needed.
answered 2 hours ago
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cmastercmaster
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Given that the primary motive for building power plants was electric light, and the mirrors don't work at night...
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– AlexP
57 mins ago
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Any use of electricity or any other use of coal is what I am asking from powering a city to a solar cooker would be relevant. On the other hand I do get that the main use of electricity for the majority of that time period is electrical lighting. Not every area would be connected to water ways so while demand may not realistically exist in every city without the right political decisions some parts of the nation could still prefer a solar option.
$endgroup$
– Echo61505
11 mins ago
$begingroup$
Not just lights, things like pumps, which need to be run 24/7 don't work with solar either.
$endgroup$
– John
45 secs ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Given that the primary motive for building power plants was electric light, and the mirrors don't work at night...
$endgroup$
– AlexP
57 mins ago
$begingroup$
Any use of electricity or any other use of coal is what I am asking from powering a city to a solar cooker would be relevant. On the other hand I do get that the main use of electricity for the majority of that time period is electrical lighting. Not every area would be connected to water ways so while demand may not realistically exist in every city without the right political decisions some parts of the nation could still prefer a solar option.
$endgroup$
– Echo61505
11 mins ago
$begingroup$
Not just lights, things like pumps, which need to be run 24/7 don't work with solar either.
$endgroup$
– John
45 secs ago
$begingroup$
Given that the primary motive for building power plants was electric light, and the mirrors don't work at night...
$endgroup$
– AlexP
57 mins ago
$begingroup$
Given that the primary motive for building power plants was electric light, and the mirrors don't work at night...
$endgroup$
– AlexP
57 mins ago
$begingroup$
Any use of electricity or any other use of coal is what I am asking from powering a city to a solar cooker would be relevant. On the other hand I do get that the main use of electricity for the majority of that time period is electrical lighting. Not every area would be connected to water ways so while demand may not realistically exist in every city without the right political decisions some parts of the nation could still prefer a solar option.
$endgroup$
– Echo61505
11 mins ago
$begingroup$
Any use of electricity or any other use of coal is what I am asking from powering a city to a solar cooker would be relevant. On the other hand I do get that the main use of electricity for the majority of that time period is electrical lighting. Not every area would be connected to water ways so while demand may not realistically exist in every city without the right political decisions some parts of the nation could still prefer a solar option.
$endgroup$
– Echo61505
11 mins ago
$begingroup$
Not just lights, things like pumps, which need to be run 24/7 don't work with solar either.
$endgroup$
– John
45 secs ago
$begingroup$
Not just lights, things like pumps, which need to be run 24/7 don't work with solar either.
$endgroup$
– John
45 secs ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
No. Coal works as power source because it is solar energy, concentrated, in a convenient form (rocks). Solar power is simply too disperse to be a power source to early, inefficient, steam machines
answered 10 mins ago
GeronimoGeronimo
90439
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No. Coal works as power source because it is solar energy, concentrated, in a convenient form (rocks). Solar power is simply too disperse to be a power source to early, inefficient, steam machines
answered 10 mins ago
GeronimoGeronimo
90439
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No. Coal works as power source because it is solar energy, concentrated, in a convenient form (rocks). Solar power is simply too disperse to be a power source to early, inefficient, steam machines
answered 10 mins ago
GeronimoGeronimo
90439
$endgroup$
No. Coal works as power source because it is solar energy, concentrated, in a convenient form (rocks). Solar power is simply too disperse to be a power source to early, inefficient, steam machines
answered 10 mins ago
GeronimoGeronimo
90439
answered 10 mins ago
GeronimoGeronimo
90439
answered 10 mins ago
GeronimoGeronimo
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Not in the way you asked the question, absolutely not. If it wasn't done back then, it can't be done with 19th century technology, that would be a paradox. But I assume you dont mean literally 19th century technology but something else? Perhaps instead of asking this question, describe what you want to do first and then tell us the exact part, details are king here, that you are unsure about or don't know how to do.
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– Raditz_35
2 hours ago
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Not with solar panels, no, but remember that coal IS solar indirectly.
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– Renan
2 hours ago
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Sorry, but could you state directly what "h se" is, because when I google it, the results are confusing and not related to your question.
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– Agrajag
1 hour ago
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In daytime they had daylight, and solar power does not work at night (at least not with any imaginable technology of the time), this would put a crimp in the development of electric light...
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– AlexP
56 mins ago
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Dann that typo..
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– Echo61505
45 mins ago