[ExI] This power satellite video shown at the ISDC

[J.R. Jones]

I never understood this whole "What's the cost... It's too expensive"
routine.
Isn't the cost of NOT doing it, economic (and likely human) suicide?

We've essentially spent the last 7+ decades bombing each other into
smithereens, countless trillions... Over energy.

Renewables, space based or not, must be cheaper. Nevermind health and
ecological costs.

On Tue, May 26, 2015, 4:01 AM John Grigg <possiblepaths2050 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> But what would the costs be?  And how long would it take?  I realize that
> China has deep pockets...
>
>
> John
>
> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Lrj35HcbQ&feature=youtu.be
>>
>> 3000 of these could entirely replace three cubic miles of oil
>> (equivalent) of fossil fuel the human race uses each year. By the
>> early 2030s if we got on it soon.
>>
>> It didn't win the animation contest.  An animation by a Chinese team
>> backed by the government did.
>>
>> Keith
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