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In Israeli desert, world’s highest solar tower looks to future

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Re: In Israeli desert, world’s highest solar tower looks to future

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post #3

There is one country that might have the greatest ability to generate solar power, yet it's still not used, Algeria has one of the biggest deserts in the world and the power generated from there could be enough to get rid of a lot of oil generated power.

For a long time, space is not going to be the limiting factor and "small" deserts like Isreal's are sufficient. The limiting factors are more likely infrastructure, logistics, skilled workers, the local energy market, and so on. For these reasons, Algeria is not really in a better position to implement large-scale solar than many other countries.

Re: In Israeli desert, world’s highest solar tower looks to future

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Now if only they could stop bombing hospitals...

How does this contribute to the discussion at hand? This is not reddit.

Because it fits Paul Graham (and dang)'s hateful agenda it is allowed here.

Re: In Israeli desert, world’s highest solar tower looks to future

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Now if only they could stop bombing hospitals...

When hospitals stop being rocket bases.

According to the UN, during the 2014 conflict there were 5 Israeli civilian deaths and 1500 Palestinian civilians killed. Seems pretty justified to me!

Re: In Israeli desert, world’s highest solar tower looks to future

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post #12

> “Everything is connected by WiFi instead of by cables. The tower and its boiler are also designed to reduce costs. Everything is done to pursue profitability.” Is WiFi really cheaper than running cables?

I was wondering the same. If Wifi meant no cables needed at all, I could see it (because of lower maintenance costs). But the electricity needed for Wifi and the motors in the mirrors requires cables anyway.

Re: In Israeli desert, world’s highest solar tower looks to future

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

How does this contribute to the discussion at hand? This is not reddit.

I like to rile up the Mossad reputation management folks ever since I found them copy-pasting the same "please no simplified propaganda" retorts from multiple accounts on HN a while back. Edit: To see the obvious sockpuppetry I'm referring to, look at https://hn.algolia.com/?query=please%20no%20simplified%20pro... Edit 2: Yep, keep the downvotes coming. It doesn't matter that I have hard evidence of Israeli nationali…

I live in San Francisco. No relation to Israel. I don't care for, nor support any narrative. My point is that this is not the place for this kind of discussion. Please post this article to /r/worldnews or anywhere on Reddit, and discuss unrelated topics to your heart's content.

Re: In Israeli desert, world’s highest solar tower looks to future

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post #12

> “Everything is connected by WiFi instead of by cables. The tower and its boiler are also designed to reduce costs. Everything is done to pursue profitability.” Is WiFi really cheaper than running cables?

I was wondering the same. If Wifi meant no cables needed at all, I could see it (because of lower maintenance costs). But the electricity needed for Wifi and the motors in the mirrors requires cables anyway.

I wondered about this also. Maybe each mirror also has a photovoltaic and battery?
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