EARLIER this week, I alluded to 'space-based solar energy' as being at the top of my list of the dumbest energy 'solutions' that I have heard to date, and since I like my readers, I'm not going to just leave a bonkers statement like that hanging.
The heightened attention to the energy transition and the consequential realization of the shortcomings of different types of renewable energy has been enough to drag this goofy idea out of storage again.The basic concept is that large solar arrays could be placed into geostationary orbit , where they would convert the solar energy into microwave or laser beams.
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