Floating solar farms make use of water surfaces that would otherwise go unused. Plus, by shading the water below, floating solar arrays help reduce evaporation – an added bonus in arid regions like this one.
The dual benefit makes this seem like a no-brainer, but I suspect there are some careful considerations needed before floating a high-voltage system on a lake… I wonder how much risk there is from wind.
As one of the Mastodon users pointed out, it’s very likely that those cells are still producing some current when exposed to light. The electrical contacts would be a hazard.
I would also expect this thing to get pretty hot in sunlight - after all it’s designed to absorb energy.
What are your interests like? Do you want to do engineering-type stuff in your personal time, or not-work-related stuff?
Do you have a separate room from your bedroom, or is it a studio? Some projects are small enough for an apartment, but you don’t want to sleep with them (anything involving harsh chemicals or hot plastic).
Do you have space for a dedicated workbench/desk? One thing that really helps with my own projects is having space to leave them out while they’re in progress. Having to pack them up and then unpack them again is a real hassle.
Do you have a balcony/patio/outdoor space?
Is money a consideration? Some projects have a high barrier-to-entry (a usable 3D printer will cost several hundred dollars up front).
Possibly most important, do you have any ideas that you want to create but aren’t sure how to get there? Projects are most successful when you have a vision for what you want to do, and the skills and tools you pick up along the way are just a means to an end.
Er… how would the military nuclear reactors not be operated on a military budget?
What’s funny about this is that most of the qualified private sector individuals are former Navy personnel. The civilian nuclear industry loves to hire people with nuclear training from the Navy because they’re already trained and experienced.
The Navy does operate a lot of nuclear reactors, and quite safely overall, but they also spend DoD money on building and maintaining them and training personnel for them.
Yes, you’re very clever.
This isn’t an answer, it’s a dodge.
What’s your preferred projection?
To say that Mercator “lies” is to misrepresent the complications of projecting a 3 dimensional object onto a 2 dimensional surface. All projections “lie” in this sense because they’re simplifications of reality - that’s what a map is.
Is the entire neighborhood a cornfield?
That seems… impractical.