The sun shines continuously a few thousand miles away
https://www.wired.com/2014/04/solar-power-satellites-a-visual-introduction/
Full disclosure: My first grown-up job was working for Peter Glaser on
SPS-related work. His sweet secretary facilitated that job after we
spoke a coupla times on the phone. I think I wrote some of the content
of one or two of those referenced reports. If anyone had any vision
these days for truly remarkable challenges rather than being mired down
in issues about whose feeeeeeeelings are being hurt, we would be
building components for these on the moon and launching to LEO where
they would be assembled robotically. No nuclear waste to deal with, all
the power you could want.
--FT
On 4/4/19 4:25 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
EV vehicles are not a dream, Randy. There are thousands of them and
thousands more are selling every month. In Manitoba, where do you get your
power? The answer is hydro. You are like Curt in that you expect perfection
all at once. The trend is definitely towards solar and wind. I agree with
you about collateral damage to birds from the wind turbines, but that
problem is going to be overcome with offshore wind development, where it
has less effect on birds.
And the tired old song about the Sun not shining at night will be overcome
through the evolution of storage batteries. Many utilities are already
installing these.
On Thu, Apr 4, 2019, 4:16 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
On 04/04/2019 12:35 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
Think positively: we're heading in the right direction.
But, we are all old enough the only electric vehicles we are likely to
ultimately find to be practical will be wheelchairs.
Electric vehicles are a dream. They have no range. They take too long to
re-charge. Battery technology is not at a point where they are practical.
And, the infrastructure is not there to charge them. Solar does not work
in the dark. Not bad in Arizona. Not so good in Manitoba, especially in
winter.
Windmills kill the birds migrating through their path. I am surprised
the environmental crowd does not get the windmills banned for that
reason alone.
Nuclear is there but, as you pointed out yesterday, we have a problem
with the leftovers. Until they find a way to totally use up nuclear fuel
so that it does not pose a danger, there is the question of what to do
with the stuff that has no further use but is dangerous for the lord
only knows how long.
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