New research shows densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa could harvest effectively unlimited energy from solar panels floating on calm tropical seas near the equator.

New research shows densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa could harvest effectively unlimited energy from solar panels floating on calm tropical seas near the equator.

  • greengnuEnglish
    4·
    11 months ago

    So cut the amount of energy going to the life that produces the oxygen we need to survive…

    • mindrover
      11·
      11 months ago

      Well, with they way ocean temps are skyrocketing, maybe it doesn’t hurt to siphon off a bit of that energy.

    • adr1an@programming.dev
      4·
      11 months ago

      That was my first thought too. But then I remembered this research article saying that oceans were turning greener… https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02262-9 maybe we’re at a win-win situation? Phytoplankton are the base of the marine food web, and their blooms can deplete oxygen levels in the water, endangering the marine ecosystem…