Forbes: Solar Power Stations In Space Could Supply The World With Limitless Energy.

[Sergeant Gleed]

One would think they would take that into consideration during the design phase and use some kind of multiple array, not a single "fire hose".

You're talking about the Chinese, who have been gassing their cities for decades, now.

[alexa]

No no no. We all know that the only goal of corporations is for PROFITS. The fact it may kill its customers doesn't matter to them don't you know.

As far as nuclear over this arrangement I would think it would have an easier time getting past environmentalist who have the vapors at the mere mention of the word nuclear. I don't know if any one company could do this now or in the near future but a consortium could be developed and be possible. I would think history as taught us nothing is outside of the realm of possibility. If you can think it you can build it.

People over the years have spent copious amounts of time thinking of things like perpetual motion machines and turning base metals into gold.

How'd that turn out?

Your pathetic attempt at politicizing this is noted and dismissed.

[nathanbforrest45]

People over the years have spent copious amounts of time thinking of things like perpetual motion machines and turning base metals into gold.

How'd that turn out?

Your pathetic attempt at politicizing this is noted and dismissed.

Girl, you really should make an attempt at learning how to read. Nothing in my post is politicized, not anymore than the irrational fear the technology will automatically be used to destroy our electrical grid etc.

You are basically an idiot when it comes to anyone you think has a different opinion than you.

Jesus, what a flamer.

[Peter1469]

Uh... Yeah we do. Uranium reserves are plentiful. And when you couple that with thorium deposits? We have *gobs*of energy.

Problem is people do not understand radiation and buy into fear mongering unable to look past Chernobyl and 3 mile island. Technology has come a long way since then.

Right now we're using ancient reactors when we should be retrofitting them and building newer ones with much better tech.

Sent from my evil cell phone.

I was referring to not enough plants- not the nuclear material. Yes, we need new ones.

[Peter1469]

The Chinese can't.

Ao....who wants to live under a constant 24/7 barrage of beamed micriwaves? Raise your hand.

The article discussed that China plans on building one. It did not mention that the US won't.

[nathanbforrest45]

Imagine the first time this takes out a city's electrical grid. This is a non-nuclear EMP weapon.

And we don't live under the threat of nuclear annihilation anymore? Anything can be weaponized. I would imagine when Ogg discovered fire the consensus was entire villages could now be easily destroyed by this new technology. If we did not pursue advances in technology because of the what if's then we would still be living in caves.

I am not an engineer or a scientist so I don't know if this will work or not. I do know it will not work if we don't at the very least investigate its feasibility. 60 years ago Videophones were panned because "who would want to be exposed like that". Now every teen in the known universe constantly uses the technology. In the 1950' Issac Asimov wrote a story in which people never left their homes but communicated via built in TV walls. With large screen TV's and Skype coupled with everyone texting each other rather than actually having face to face communication we are very close to that now.

And as for Sergeant Gleed's comment, we are already living under a constant barrage of microwaves. Its how data is transmitted.

[donttread]

Forbes: Solar Power Stations In Space Could Supply The World With Limitless Energy.

This was studied in the 1990s and abandoned as not technically feasible at the time. It may be now.



Read the rest at the link.

But whom will control the power? Who will own the umbilical cord? We might need this for the areas but rural America should be able to develop individual home and neienergy for next to nothing.

[MisterVeritis]

Imagine the first time this takes out a city's electrical grid. This is a non-nuclear EMP weapon.

And we don't live under the threat of nuclear annihilation anymore? Anything can be weaponized.

What do nuclear weapons have to do with this?

[MisterVeritis]

And as for Sergeant Gleed's comment, we are already living under a constant barrage of microwaves. Its how data is transmitted.

Would you put your hand in a microwave oven, assuming you could?

[Peter1469]

But whom will control the power? Who will own the umbilical cord? We might need this for the areas but rural America should be able to develop individual home and neienergy for next to nothing.

The people who build the infrastructure will control the power.