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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just ship the hydrogen to the other hemisphere.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

That sounds fun. Not only are we already losing ton of energy to create the hydrogen, we can now lose even more and make it more expensive by trying to liquefy/compress it to make it somewhat transportable. [1]

Also, almost 90% of humans living in the northen hemisphere will surely not cause any issues to this plan. [2]

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just ship the humans to the other hemisphere.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You're not LOSING anything if it's capturing already excess energy, which would by its nature be lost if not used at the time of generation

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Neither solar panels, nor hydrogen generators are free. If you need to build extra panels and hydrogen generators, you are making the infrastructure more expensive, consequently raising electricity prices. Or hydrogen prices if you use it as fuel instead of power storage.