The only thing that the phrase "with almost 24/7 sun" can logically apply to is the word "areas", because otherwise that word makes no sense.
But it's a silly oversight that is irrelevant to the practicability (or lack thereof) of this proposal.
In any case, you'd probably still need some sort of power storage, not because of night and cloudy days, but because of demand variation and peaks. The big problem would be around midnight GMT: lots of demand for power in Europe and North America, but most of the sunlight shines on the Pacific, with its distinct lack of desert areas (or dry land in general).
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The only thing that the phrase "with almost 24/7 sun" can logically apply to is the word "areas", because otherwise that word makes no sense.
But it's a silly oversight that is irrelevant to the practicability (or lack thereof) of this proposal.
In any case, you'd probably still need some sort of power storage, not because of night and cloudy days, but because of demand variation and peaks. The big problem would be around midnight GMT: lots of demand for power in Europe and North America, but most of the sunlight shines on the Pacific, with its distinct lack of desert areas (or dry land in general).