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>>12701237
I know. Weather cycles are a form of heat engine (T. mechanical engineer) but like I said the vapor already does work by moving across to the other reservoir. And nah, I think it's about perfect. A black outer surface is excellent at radiating heat as it faces away from the sun, and is excellent at absorbing it as it faces the sun. Ideally the motion of the vapor from one side to the other is tapped using as few moving parts as possible, and used to among other things power refrigeration pumps (also using as few moving parts as possible) that are on a natural feedback loop to keep the interior 22°C at all times.

If you use something like an Einstein refrigerator you can ditch moving parts or electricity entirely and just turn hot coolant vapor directly into refrigeration. The perfect design has no moving parts and will remain be habitable even if abandoned for thousands of years. Maybe those light field displays could use the seebeck effect to get their electricity... I know PV cells degrade, so solar panels are out.