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Also "rendering such a future impossible". This is a retrocausal way of thinking. As though an a bad event in the future makes that future impossible.
Peltier effect refrigeration has very low efficiencies (5%) so while this is an amazing accomplishment it will not replace other more mechanical cooling methods.
It is sorta like the promise of cyberspace failed [0]. I wonder if something killed/smothered it or it was simply poorly formulated to begin with. [0] https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence
This is no different that what we were considering two decades ago for the space elevator competition. One of the problems with this approach is that as the photovoltaic cells heat up their overall efficiency decreases.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/liberals-introduce-s...
This really needs a WebGPU port. Multigrid on a GPU is moderately easy.
"Canada has one of the highest immigration rates per capita in the world."
https://www.statista.com/statistics/443063/number-of-immigra...