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#2/2: #Bestof2022: Solar must increase by more than 600% by 2050. #Markets: Reservoir Renewable Solar. Rafael Almeida, ##NatureMagazine

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🗓️ 15 April 2023

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#2/2: #Bestof2022: Solar must increase by more than 600% by 2050. #Markets: Reservoir Renewable Solar. Rafael Almeida, ##NatureMagazine

Rafael M. Almeida is an assistant professor in the School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01525-1

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I'm John Bachelorette, Raphael Elmeda, professor, the system professor in the School of Earth, Environmental and Marine Sciences, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley, Texas.

0:45.2

In Texas, speaking of floating solar panels on the Earth's reservoirs, providing an alternative for others renewable sources,

0:57.1

aiming for that net zero by 2050.

1:00.2

But what can go wrong and why?

1:02.2

All right, Raphael, let's get right to it.

1:04.2

Environment always has to be a concern.

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Raphael, I learned from you that solar panels would cut down the amount of oxygen,

1:14.3

reaching the reservoir underneath which would, in some way, inhibit or change the ecosystem, the fish and the marine life.

1:23.8

It might also alter the environment so that there's more methane generated than less.

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