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Letter: Solar moonshine

Published 9 July 2008

From Danny Colyer

Shawn Domagal-Goldman suggests that photovoltaic cells on the moon “could help solve the climate crisis” (26 April, p 17). Perhaps I’m missing something obvious, but wouldn’t burning vast amounts of rocket fuel to get the cells up there rather negate the potential benefits?

Bristol, UK

Issue no. 2664 published 12 July 2008

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