The Future Of Solar Power

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Solar power has been promised for decades as bringing us a bright future, and at last is beginning to see widespread use. What new innovations and opportunities await Solar in the decade to come? Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/W-TISSvR0L4 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Credits: Alien: Civilizations: Hibernating Aliens Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 325, January 13, 2022 Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: Keith Blockus Sig’unnr Yamagishi Evan Schultheis Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Fishy Tree https://www.deviantart.com/fishytree/ Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Udo Schroeter Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hello, SFIA audio listeners, in this month's Nebula exclusive, Big Alien Theory,
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0:26.3	using the link in the description.
0:29.5	You have probably heard a lot lately about the limitations of solar power as a green
0:34.4	renewable energy source, but with some new supporting technologies on the
0:37.9	way and others already in the field, the future of solar power looks as bright as the sun.
0:53.3	So in last couple of years, we looked at the future of fusion power, of fission, of
0:58.2	thorium, and of power satellites, and I thought it was time to take a look at the future
1:02.4	of solar power.
1:04.1	So we will be looking at solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, space-based solar, and some more
1:09.7	variations and trying to see how the landscape
1:12.2	will unfold.
1:13.9	Now whenever I do an episode on the future of a given power supply, I feel obliged to say
1:18.3	up front that my own philosophy on which sort of energy we should research is yes.
1:24.5	Barring something like a micro-size and instantly throttleable matter-to-energy converter
1:29.0	or similar, none of the power concepts really on the table these days hold such an advantage
1:33.8	over the others that we should ignore them or opt for a single energy option, which doesn't
1:38.5	really seem a good idea even if one of the energy sources is significantly cheaper than
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