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Re:Japan building 1GW, $21bn solar power station in space by skorgu on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @09:49AM (#800128)
Other advantages: Windmills are vulnerable to disruption by anyone with a zodiac and some semtex, not to mention they have transmission issues of their own.

A space-based solution has a far higher cost to threaten; you basically need to have ASAT weaponry and that's (at least for now) somewhat out of the reach of non-state actors. Not to mention a space-solar satellite would have enough onboard power for some fairly aggressive countermeasures.

Edit: grammar

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Re:Japan building 1GW, $21bn solar power station in space by antipaganda on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @12:43PM (#800540)
But why the fuck would you want to blow down a windmill? Apart from the visuals and the twanging as the blades hit the ground.
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Re:Japan building 1GW, $21bn solar power station in space by skorgu on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @09:48PM (#801575)
Who knows. For a country with Japan's neighbors and no navy I'm sure it's not a potential vulnerability they're eager to create.
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