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It would be far cheaper and easier to do this on Earth. There's plenty of sunny desert, heat dissipation is much easier, broken things can be repaired, etc.


ya but heat would dissipate into space and not contribute to global warming?


Dissipating heat into space is very challenging (vacuum makes a great insulator). On Earth the solar energy is arriving here already, so converting it to electricity and using it to perform calculations won't directly contribute to global warming.


In capitalism, most players in the economy do not make decisions based on this




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