Re:Harvesting solar power in space and sending it back to Earth
by beambot on Thursday August 29, 2013 @04:02AM
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You'd still have to distribute the power from ground-based receiving stations via the grid. No free lunch.
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Re:Harvesting solar power in space and sending it back to Earth
by chad_oliver on Thursday August 29, 2013 @04:18AM
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Yes, but I believe his point was that you could have multiple smaller stations close to where the power is needed. If it isn't safe to have the receivers near cities, then I don't think there's much chance that any receiver (anywhere) will get past the regulatory hurdles.