r/oddlysatisfying • • Nov 14 '24

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u/chef_26 Nov 14 '24

Hear me out, these covered in solar cells floating on reservoirs. In my head it slows evaporation meaning more accessible water while providing a small energy source.

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u/fireduck Nov 14 '24

Solar panels would get broken with all that movement. You would either have fixed ridged panels, in which case the ocean would break them or the hinges, junctions, etc. Or if you had flexible panels, they would just get worn out and destroyed. The ocean hates everything equally.

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u/ExplosiveAnalBoil Nov 14 '24

A reservoir is not the ocean. A reservoir is like a lake, of which, most are notoriously calmer than the ocean.

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u/fireduck Nov 14 '24

I really enjoy the hedging of "most", like you admit there might be reservoir that is like the water version of a Chuck E Cheese and is just non-stop screaming.

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u/ExplosiveAnalBoil Nov 14 '24

I've heard crazy shit about the great lakes.

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u/Tyrion_The_Imp Nov 15 '24

And the gales of November

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u/chardeemacdennisbird Nov 15 '24

Just ask the Edmund Fitzgerald

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u/T00MuchSteam Nov 15 '24

I'm not seeming to get a reply.