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Palmstream (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
Ground solar is needed, but it suffers distance transmission, storage, and intermittency issues. The collectors produce a relevant amount of waste heat. Real estate under the collector farm is useless for other purposes. All clean ground feeder strategies are needed in areas where they work. To meet full requirements, space solar is necessary to power up over the course of this century. SBSP is the only strategy that diversifies the ecological niche, and this activity better secures species.
gebregl (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
There IS plenty of solar power on earth, a fraction of the desert area would cover our current energy, and also the projected 3x energy need, and that's for 10% efficiency panels. Check out the 'solar land area' picture in the wikipedia article on 'solar energy'.
SailorBarsoom (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
I've read about these beams, and I'm prepared to stroll naked through the beam if somebody thinks that'll prove the point: the beam is safe.
clipper208 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
OK, who wants to be the first one standing in the way of that beam???
hurley3000gt (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
Nice
Palmstream (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
Ahh, Chu!
SailorBarsoom (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
I don't know man. I guess you're going to have to redo this with another fifteen seconds at the end explaining "how do we get the power down."
SailorBarsoom (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
So please present us with your superior idea.
If all you've got is the dreadfully old "fapping to Star Trek" line, then YOU are accomplishing less than nothing, and in a boring way to boot.
SailorBarsoom (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
"However, Microwave power transmission is, as I said, largely untested. It has been tested, but not many a time."
It's been tested a lot more than sustainable fusion, let alone sustainable fusion with He3.
SailorBarsoom (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)
And that alone will employ a lot of people. A lot more than "a few hundred." |
