lets see huge microwave beaming power to a set of collectors on the surface. beams goes slightly off target and what do you have, Cripsy critters.
I spent a while in the Artic working on the dew line. You could literally fry an egg in the middle of winter 6 feet in front of the radar transmitters when the temperature was 50 below. That's how intense the microwave radiation was. To transmit electrical power from orbit you'd need a beam that was hundreds of times greater in magnitude. Better to build a beanstalk with superconductive cables transmitting the power. On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Cameron Childress<camer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Robert Munn<cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Forget about the entire surface of the planet. Solar can only be really >> efficiently generated in areas with the best sun exposure. Transmission, >> then, is the biggest barrier to this sort of scheme as a global solution. > > Space has the best exposure. Then we just beam the energy back to > earth. A combined robot/human team would work rotations manning the > space station that collects the energy and make sure that they kept > the beam on target. > > That's a plot found in a book my a famous Sci-Fi writer. Anyone recognize it? > > -Cameron > > > ---line food-- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:303407 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
