Fill the dry lake bed with solar panels?
Yes, and:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/150116-floating-solar-power-japan-yamakura
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/03/japan-is-the-world-leader-in-floating-solar-power/
… especially if it ever rains again there.
A hurricane in Oman?
There is no normal anymore. Buckle down for some truly weird ass shit to roll down on us.
Some good news (with caveats, but still):
Psssst don’t tell Joe Manchin…
Better hurry up with Hinkley Point C, then.
Not in time to do the job. Renewables are here now.
116 degrees in June, the meteorologists were afraid to forecast it because they couldn’t believe their own math
What is it going to do next year
It looks like the BBC have discovered Solarpunk, and decided to interview a bunch of people who aren’t solarpunks about what it is. Solarpunk is inherently green-anarchist/green-socialist, so why are you interviewing capitalists?
I should get used to it, this is how the BBC operates now.
For the same reason they interview corporate friendly punks instead of Crass?
If you can’t run this on solar or wind- or passively- it’s not a long term solution. And too damn expensive.
Fremen technology.
Or Star Wars.