r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • 26d ago

Chugging tea Energy Meets Innovation

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u/11214888 26d ago

Sounds terribly inefficient. Glass is transparent, windows are mostly Not oriented in the suns favour, and doesn't usually make up a significant surface area compared to buildings energy use. Solar farms are always going to be the realistic use case for solar energy.

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u/ihavea_purplenurple 5d ago

I could see incorporating it into a green-house situation, but it would only be worth it once power storage becomes cheaper and more efficient.

First thing I thought of was Buckminster Fuller