http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/04/14/california-utility-considering-space-based-solar-arrangement/ Environmental Leader Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:25:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/04/14/california-utility-considering-space-based-solar-arrangement/comment-page-1/#comment-129579 solar energy Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:19:51 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=13336#comment-129579 Interesting concept. Sounds exciting. As long as they don't use it as a weapon like in James Bonds Moonraker haha. Interesting concept. Sounds exciting. As long as they don’t use it as a weapon like in James Bonds Moonraker haha.

]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/04/14/california-utility-considering-space-based-solar-arrangement/comment-page-1/#comment-118901 JP Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:25:46 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=13336#comment-118901 Another crazy plan that they're gonna try to sell as "clean energy". And what about the greenhouse gases emited to launch these things into space? And to repair them when they fail? And what about the health impacts of a massive beam of radio frequencies directed to the ground? Why not instead talk about decreasing energy needs, as part of a planned transition toward a steady state economy? Sounds like a much more innocuous solution to me than devising new schemes to always tap new and further removed energy sources. But eventually, there will be a limit. And then, we will need to make the transition... Another crazy plan that they’re gonna try to sell as “clean energy”. And what about the greenhouse gases emited to launch these things into space? And to repair them when they fail? And what about the health impacts of a massive beam of radio frequencies directed to the ground?
Why not instead talk about decreasing energy needs, as part of a planned transition toward a steady state economy? Sounds like a much more innocuous solution to me than devising new schemes to always tap new and further removed energy sources. But eventually, there will be a limit. And then, we will need to make the transition…

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