[ExI] Novel off-planet energy idea

[ablainey at aol.com]

 It would make more sense to put the things which consume the most power into orbit rather than try to beam the energy and distribute it. For example our manufacturing industries with raw materials being exomined from captured asteroids.
That way the earth could be mainly Bio based and space tech based.

 
Imagine shipping containers full of products parachuting down to distribution points all over the planet.
A


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Nowell <nebathenemi at yahoo.co.uk>
To: extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org
Sent: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:47
Subject: [ExI] Novel off-planet energy idea


Currently the most read article on newscientist.com

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19497-outofthisworld-proposal-for-solar-wind-power.html

and here's an abstract from an astrobiology meeting

http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/abscicon2010/pdf/5469.pdf

does anyone know enough astrophysics to guide us armchair space enthusiasts 
through back-of-the-envelope calculations?

Tom


      

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