Re: Energy
Depends on your value of "better".
Full sun on the moon is around twice the watts/sq area as full sun anywhere on earth.
There never any clouds on the moon.
Peak and average are perfectly predictable, and the long day means things that take time to
get going have that time. Being in vacuum makes insulation easier too.
So, at least in the lunar day, it's perhaps 4 times as good as the best earthly location for solar power.
I've lived on an off-grid solar power homestead since around 1980 and have been upgrading the entire time. It causes you to pay serious attention to such things. And it works even in Virginia, where we don't have 2 week days, but do have plenty of clouds, and are of course, beneath the entire Earth's atmosphere which eats around 50% of the solar flux even when it's clear.
i can even run computers so as to annoy other commentards on the Reg in January...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
