Comment on Why can't countries with vast deserts make solar farms to power the world?

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RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I think the difference is that you’re conflating heat and light. Solar panels use photons to create electricity, not converting infrared heat to energy. So the heating really isn’t a factor in the energy created.

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