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		alexose on Dec 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A 100MW solar farm in Texas will mount panels dire... In this case, I think the earth acts as a heat sink. Or so they claim on their website (https://www.erthos.com) Neither their press release nor the article says where exactly in Texas it is, but I bet it would make sense to put it in the desert where it gets cold at night.

deepsun on Dec 10, 2022 [–]

Earth is a much worse heat sink than moving air. You can check it while stepping on the earth on a sunny day.

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