Was that the book where they used solar power to generate microwave energy that was beamed down to earth and the satellite went off kilter? I remember reading something like that , but cannot remember the book title or author.
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Cameron Childress<[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:303413 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
