Here is a nutty idea. Inspired, but nutty. See:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/wireless_special/0,2914,69038-2,00.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1
QUOTES:
Criswell's concept is massive in scale: It would involve building 20,000 to
30,000 reception stations on Earth to accept the power beams and convert
them into electricity that could be distributed to the population (The
solar panels would be constructed on the moon with raw materials in the
soil in "basically a glass-making process," he said).
. . .
Criswell predicts that the LSP system could produce a steady 20-terawatt
stream that he predicts the estimated 10 billion people living on Earth by
2050 will need. "It actually provides you with such clean, sustainable
energy that we can correct our past errors," he said. . . .
- Jed
