Lunar solar power for electrical needs here on earth?

Krimson Klaw · Post by **Krimson Klaw** » November 7, 2003, 1:18 pm

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=10926

Solar power bases will be built on the Moon that collect a small fraction of the Moon's dependable solar power and convert it into power beams that will dependably deliver lunar solar power to receivers on Earth. On Earth each power beam will be transformed into electricity and distributed, on-demand, through local electric power grids. Each terrestrial receiver can accept power directly from the Moon or indirectly, via relay satellites, when the receiver cannot view the Moon. The intensity of each power beam is restricted to 20%, or less, of the intensity of noontime sunlight. Each power beam can be safely received, for example, in an industrially zoned area.

The Lunar Solar Power (LSP) System does not require basic new technological developments. Adequate knowledge of the Moon and the essential technologies have been available since the late 1970s to design, build, and operate the LSP System. Automated machines and people would be sent to the Moon to build the lunar power bases. The machines would build the power components from the common lunar dust and rocks, thereby avoiding the high cost of transporting materials from the Earth to the Moon. The LSP System is distributed and open. Thus, it can readily accommodate new manufacturing and operating technologies as they become available.

Interesting.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » November 7, 2003, 1:21 pm

Then what happens when they bases mis fire and start massive fires in scattered places all over a huge city?
thank you simcity

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » November 7, 2003, 1:24 pm

did the microwave beem in simcity ever miss and fuck up the town?

Lali?

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » November 7, 2003, 1:45 pm

Truant · Post by **Truant** » November 7, 2003, 1:48 pm

I've had a mad craving to play sim city lately. I may have to pick up the most recent one, heh.

sorry off topic, but yes...definately interesting.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » November 7, 2003, 1:52 pm

American particle cannon is teh big "W."

vn_Tanc · Post by **vn_Tanc** » November 7, 2003, 1:52 pm

Erm, isn't wireless transmission of meaningul amounts of power one of those big things physicists havent worked out how to do yet?

Forthe · Post by **Forthe** » November 7, 2003, 1:52 pm

This is so much bullshit. It is obviously a cover for some dastardly plot.

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » November 7, 2003, 2:12 pm

LMAO Pahreyia!

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 7, 2003, 2:22 pm

This would work but we were warned by the aliens to never return to the moon. Ask Neil Armstrong. He'll tell you!

It's my understanding that this group already has a design in place for a workable lunar solar power station if we get the go ahead.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » November 7, 2003, 2:31 pm

haha real genius is the fucking win.

I remember reading about using fiber optics for transmission of electrical power. The technology is there, but implementing it was too costly at the time.

I can't remember if it was Wired magazine or where I read it. (I was working with fiber a lot, so there's no telling) but the idea was, we'd have fiber run to each house, supplying it with virtually everything. Phone, tv, data, electricity.

So conceptually it's there, the only difference is that in fiber, the medium for transmission is controlled (with very minor defects, but still)...but with the laser, i'm not sure how you would combat distortion through the atmosphere.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » November 7, 2003, 2:39 pm

you'd combat the distortion by making the beam real fuckin powerful

Krimson Klaw · Post by **Krimson Klaw** » November 7, 2003, 2:40 pm

Or just by making a reciever right under that hole in the ozone layer.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » November 7, 2003, 6:12 pm

Krimson Klaw wrote:Or just by making a reciever right under that hole in the ozone layer.

isn't the hole over antarctica or something?

and haha at vor's sig

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » November 7, 2003, 6:28 pm

Thank you for visiting http://www.Voronwe.dk, the site is bieng configured at the moment. Sorry.

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » November 7, 2003, 6:33 pm

Oh, and where's the umlaut over the e?

If not in the URL, at least title it correctly.

&# 0235 for your HTML reference purposes.

Drolgin Steingrinder · November 7, 2003, 10:48 pm

ë has been punished for his insolence.

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » November 8, 2003, 6:01 am

"*crack!*" "*crack!*" said the whip.