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electricpower: ridethecollapsingwavefunction: sofapizza: laughinacorner: TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT THIS. this seems like something we should have been doing years ago. About Space Solar Power (SSP, also known as Space-Based Solar Power, or SBSP): The United States and the world need to find new sources of clean energy. Space Solar Power gathers energy from sunlight in space and transmits it wirelessly to Earth. Space solar power can solve our energy and greenhouse gas emissions problems. Not just help, not just take a step in the right direction, but solve. Space solar power can provide large quantities of energy to each and every person on Earth with very little environmental impact. The solar energy available in space is literally billions of times greater than we use today. The lifetime of the sun is an estimated 4-5 billion years, making space solar power a truly long-term energy solution. As Earth receives only one part in 2.3 billion of the Sun’s output, space solar power is by far the largest potential energy source available, dwarfing all others combined. Solar energy is routinely used on nearly all spacecraft today. This technology on a larger scale, combined with already demonstrated wireless power transmission (see 2-minute video of demo), can supply nearly all the electrical needs of our planet. Space Solar Interesting concept. The wireless power transfer would have to be examined closer to check for its potential large-scale impact on communications and similar systems. Also, large-scale implementation would be extremely draining on a number of other resources, namely silicon and the rare metals used to create these devices … as with anything, a full examination of the costs/benefits would be necessary, but I certainly like the direction this idea is headed.

electricpower:

ridethecollapsingwavefunction:

sofapizza:

laughinacorner:

TELL EVERYBODY ABOUT THIS.

this seems like something we should have been doing years ago.

About Space Solar Power (SSP, also known as Space-Based Solar Power, or SBSP):

The United States and the world need to find new sources of clean energy. Space Solar Power gathers energy from sunlight in space and transmits it wirelessly to Earth. Space solar power can solve our energy and greenhouse gas emissions problems. Not just help, not just take a step in the right direction, but solve. Space solar power can provide large quantities of energy to each and every person on Earth with very little environmental impact.

The solar energy available in space is literally billions of times greater than we use today. The lifetime of the sun is an estimated 4-5 billion years, making space solar power a truly long-term energy solution. As Earth receives only one part in 2.3 billion of the Sun’s output, space solar power is by far the largest potential energy source available, dwarfing all others combined. Solar energy is routinely used on nearly all spacecraft today. This technology on a larger scale, combined with already demonstrated wireless power transmission (see 2-minute video of demo), can supply nearly all the electrical needs of our planet.

Space Solar

Interesting concept. The wireless power transfer would have to be examined closer to check for its potential large-scale impact on communications and similar systems. Also, large-scale implementation would be extremely draining on a number of other resources, namely silicon and the rare metals used to create these devices … as with anything, a full examination of the costs/benefits would be necessary, but I certainly like the direction this idea is headed.

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    There is wireless microwave transmissions, laser beams, and an actual space elevator idea going around with a number of...
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    oh my gosh this is simply amazing. but how do you beam energy back to earth wirelessly? didn’t tesla try to do that? am...
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