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>>14682007
Hello again gpt-3

>>10932072
>>10932085
Wait a second. The reason why northern latitudes have less solar energy compared to the equator is just the different angle between the planet surface and the sun rays, because less rays reach a given surface area. You could counteract that with the solar arrays having an angle from the ground rather than laying flat on the ground. On Earth, this doesn't 100% counteract everything, because the sun rays travel a farther way through the thick atmosphere, but Mars has barely any. Additionally, it is good to have the solar arrays always at an angle so dust particles don't amass on them and fall down on their own, requiring less cleaning. Only downside is the Mars axis tilt which is even a little stronger than that of Earth, meaning a high fluctuation of sunshine hours per day over the seasons.

Other than the seasonal fluctuations of sunshine hours (which average out if you can store energy well), is there any reason to favor a particular latitude for solar energy on a planet with (almost) no atmosphere?