On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Robert Munn<[email protected]> wrote: > Forget about the entire surface of the planet. Solar can only be really > efficiently generated in areas with the best sun exposure. Transmission, > then, is the biggest barrier to this sort of scheme as a global solution.
Space has the best exposure. Then we just beam the energy back to earth. A combined robot/human team would work rotations manning the space station that collects the energy and make sure that they kept the beam on target. That's a plot found in a book my a famous Sci-Fi writer. Anyone recognize it? -Cameron ---line food-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:303402 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
