Solar power from space

Bob Morris, on Jun 18, 2009, 6:45 pm

Hey, let’s put solar panels on 300 satellites in space, have them beam the energy to a mother satellite then to earth using radio waves. Seriously.

woody
Yeah… let’s not. Really, it sounds great and all, but…
1> Trasmitting energy home will be just as lossy as collecting it locally.
2> What effect will our method have to the ozone, cancer on the ground, etc?
3> How much energy is wasted to maintain this in space vs on the ground?
I think it’s better just to setup the pannels here and collect it after it’s come to us in the natural way.

http://polizeros.com Bob Morris
Sue thinks it could be a cover for the development of space weapons aimed at earth…