That's why we have a grid to distribute Niagara's energy, isn't it?

Obviously some places are less suitable for wind scavenging than others.

There's enough solar and thermal energy in Death Valley alone to power the United States year 'round, I have read somewhere, but for good reason no-one has ever byuilt a HV distribution backbone into the area. So it would be costly to get the energy out to the grid. I would be willing to bet, for example, that even without PV, there is enough thermal difference between the surface and, say, 30 feet below it, to make a Sterling engine highly efficient and viable as a generating source.

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