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Japanese firm wants to transform the Moon into a giant solar power plant
PhysOrg ^
| 6-5-2010
| PhysOrg
Posted on 06/04/2010 8:55:37 PM PDT by mainsail that
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To: mainsail that
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posted on
06/05/2010 7:54:20 AM PDT
by
jonno
(Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
To: mainsail that
Their ambitious plan involves building a belt of solar cells around the Moon’s 6,800-mile (11,000-kilometer) equator, converting the electricity to powerful microwaves and lasers to be beamed at EarthI have a bad feeling about this.
To: Sawdring
And no permits needed for those plants, would be the main draw!
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posted on
06/05/2010 11:38:20 AM PDT
by
traviskicks
(http://www.neoperspectives.com/Ron_Paul_2008.htm)
To: mainsail that
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posted on
06/05/2010 11:42:24 AM PDT
by
Captain Beyond
(The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
To: jmcenanly
Just think, that happened 11 years ago. It seems so fresh in my mind.
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posted on
06/05/2010 11:48:41 AM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: Sawdring
Old Sci-fi series aside, there have been serious proposals for Lunar Power generation
http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/views/v7i28_kumar.html http://www.shimz.co.jp/english/theme/dream/lunaring.html
To: mainsail that
the Moon Don't WE own that?
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posted on
06/05/2010 3:50:11 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
To: mainsail that
Wait! First we need to form commissions, then inside of the commissions we will have break-out groups to figure out things. Once all that is done the EPA will form its own commissions and break-out groups to do some more stuff. And then we will have to hire half a million government workers to analyze everything all over again. And then. . . . .
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
...converting the electricity to powerful microwaves and lasers to be beamed at Earth, and finally converting the beams back to electricity at terrestrial power stations... could meet the entire world's energy needs
...which won't be much, after the entire human population is dead from the lasers and microwave bombardment. :')
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posted on
06/05/2010 5:35:47 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: mainsail that; maikeru; Dr. Marten; Eric in the Ozarks; Al Gator; snowsislander; sushiman; ...
Japanese construction companies running out of useless, corruption-filled, over-budget public works projects at home...
日本＊ピング＊ (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)
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posted on
06/05/2010 5:38:21 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
To: FreedomOfExpression
We just send up some unemployed undocumented immigrants with washrags and buckets. Y'know, do the jobs Americans won't do.
I love this. Japan is planning ways to turn the moon into a solar collector. The US? We're gonna build more windmills.
To: SunkenCiv
...which won't be much, after the entire human population is dead from the lasers and microwave bombardment. :') So feared Powell and Donovan .
Cheers!
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posted on
06/05/2010 7:41:20 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Steve Van Doorn
that is what the robot maid is for. Rosie: "Sure, Mr. Jetson, I mean Shimizu. Clean the solar collectors, Mr. Shimizu."
To: mainsail that
This is nothing. But, if they want to build a wind farm, now that’s something.
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posted on
06/05/2010 8:09:37 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
To: hinckley buzzard
“Jose, ¿por qué no puedo respirar? Jose? Ay carumba...”
To: wolfman
Yeah, but it’s too unreliable....
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posted on
06/05/2010 8:14:14 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
To: mainsail that
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posted on
06/05/2010 8:19:39 PM PDT
by
surfer
(To err is human, to really foul things up takes a Democrat, don't expect the GOP to have the answer!)
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