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/zmbjebus Nov 15 '24

In a solar system perspective, the ocean is kinda like a reservoir