At 03:12 PM 7/19/01, you wrote:
>--- Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > The lab-grown ones may be, but the commonly
> > avaliable ones are
> > lucky to top 12%, I believe...
> >
> > Yes, you CAN grow better ones, but it costs.
> >
> > And yes, I know it costs to ship to space and back.
> > If you're going
> > to ship it back and not use it to generate energy up
> > there,
> > anyway..lots of space industry could be useful and
> > ship down
> > things which ARE worth the money, like chemicals,
> > until the proce
> > drops enough to make shipping solar panels down
> > worthwhile..
> >
>
>How are we doing in developing superstrong materials?
>I remember something awhile back that might enable us
>to make a ladder. That would be good, we could put a
>bunch of solar panels on top, and use the ladder as a
>huge power cord.
>
>dean
Build a ring of solar panels around the Earth's equator at geosynchronous
height, and drop carbon nanotube fiber cables to the surface . . .
-- Ronn! :)
