Yes, he is smart guy. Growing up in the 60's and 70's smoking pot was very popular. I know several very intelligent people who smoked pot back in the day including scientists and engineers. I never saw a smart person turn dumb from smoking pot.Wife just said Elon has a lot of I.Q. to lose!
Power lines are less efficient underground. There is a field surrounding the wire which earth damps.
Name one. Cite your source.
Actually they do, but there are only a couple. The utility uses excess electrical power to pump water up to a mountain reservoir. Then when power is needed that water is used to drive turbines connected to generators.
Snow is one of the best known black bodies. Snow is its own worst enemy against melting in the sun. About the only energy it reflects is in our visible light spectrum, absorbs most everything else.
And not only that but dead birds falling from the sky can fertilize the soil!
Your question is myopic. Doesn't matter "how much power". What matters is, "How much does it cost?" The cost in dollars is the only accurate metric of resource consumption. If the cost of production is less than the value of what is produced, then the endeavor will succeed.
When snow gets covered in soot from fossil fuel burning, it absorbs more of the sun's energy than clean snow. Just like wearing dark clothing in sunlight.
I wonder how good of a fertilizer Bud Light might be? Should be a ready supply, cheap.
