Re: Fusion

On 10/2/25 23:39, Ron wrote:

> Steve Litt wrote on 2025-10-02 21:59:
>
>>>> Ron said on Thu, 2 Oct 2025 15:40:06 -0700
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>> And they're more delicate.
>
> Probably true, but cheaper and that's what the financiers care about. 
> And, if a wind "farm" were decommissioned, I wouldn't have issues 
> eating crops grown on the land (nor while the windmills are operational).
>
> Seems the land use is heavily in favour of renewables.

There is also a security advantage to solar. One solar panel is easier 
to take out with a drone than one oil refinery or natural gas pumping 
station, but any given drone budget will destroy far more total value in 
oil and gas than in PV. I don't think it's a coincidence that a lot of 
countries with active counterterrorism+counterinsurgency research and 
countries that are leading in drone development are also high PV adopters.

We're still seeing a lot of promising research on combining solar with 
other land uses. Canals and reservoirs, specific crops or livestock, 
parking and warehouses...