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Solar power satellites.Full powerNearly never in Earthâs shadow
No dustNo rainLow structural loadMicrowave energy transmission efficiency around 90%..Department of Energy decided it would be economically viable back during the Carter administration, but Jimmy rejected their report; he liked coal too much.
Storage is a genuine problem. No one wants to live near huge solar arrays, any more than they want to live near major electrical transmission equipment (or sewage lift stations that are aromatic as well as being less than visually uplifting)âŠ
And for those who hope to make use of high wind areas to generate power: some of the strongest opponents of âwindmill farmsâ are environmentalists who fear the impact on birdsâŠ
There have been great strides in energy storage tech. Super Capacitors are solid state devices that can store large amounts in small spaces. The challenge is getting them cheap enough. The Geeks are working on solar power tech to use more of the Sunâs light spectrum. Thatâs promising too.All that is promising but âit ainât ready for prime timeâ just yet.
Nuclear has a bad rep from the hysterics. Their are reactor designs coming along in foreign countries that automatically shut down if they overheat. Thorium based reactors seem to be safer but the US based Uranium lobby is firmly entrenched.
âf we ever develop fusion as a source of energy maybe weâll be on to replacing fossil fuels. Even then there will be a lot of opposition to implementing it.â.âYou wanna put an H-bomb in my backyard??â(chuckle).Actually, though, even fusion produces radioisotopes..Liquid metal breeder reactors.The spent reactor fuel on hand is enough to supply over a thousand yearâs worth of electrical energy using breeder reactors and reclamation via pyrometalurgical electrlysis processes, separating the fissile materials for reuse until they are all used up from the highly radioactive waste which will have dropped down to background level in less than two hundred years. (and can be used for other things while transmuting)
âsending the power back to earth it could be used as a weapon instead of a power source ".Power in any form can be used as a weapon.Obviously the best use of solar power satelites would be to manufacture finished goods in space as well as electromagnetically launch and capture space craft. In the short term, though, lighting homes around the world would be nice..By shutting down reprocessing, Carter made nuclear seem more dangerous, more polluting and more expensive. In return, the switch back to coal was more dangerous, more polluting and more expensive. if it is causing climate change, it might be the beginning of disasters killing billions. The waste is toxic and radioactive from coal. Coal mine deaths are definite. Breathing problems are enhanced. Transportation demands assure us there will be more deaths due to derailments or train wrecks..(The most dangerous potential weapon source is biological and can be developed in a small back room, impossible to locate until a pandemic which kills billions has already been released.)
@NunâYa BidnessâIf those gizmos, that you stick on your carâs bumper, for running off deer work, they should be able to figure out how to put a âscare off the birdsâ gizmo on the blades of the windmills.â.Or just any kind of noise maker. Birds have small minds so they focus on what they are attacking and donât notice the blade they are about to hit. The sound of predator or prey would make them notice the approaching danger.The other thought is to simply gather the birds at the end of the shift and eat up.
rshive over 10 years ago
Slow on the uptake today, eh Wiz?
phineas81707 over 10 years ago
And could you please close the window? Itâs really drafty in here, and I canât think!
Space_cat over 10 years ago
The Wiz must work for Exxon,
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen over 10 years ago
Solar power satellites.Full powerNearly never in Earthâs shadow
No dustNo rainLow structural loadMicrowave energy transmission efficiency around 90%..Department of Energy decided it would be economically viable back during the Carter administration, but Jimmy rejected their report; he liked coal too much.
Argy.Bargy2 over 10 years ago
Storage is a genuine problem. No one wants to live near huge solar arrays, any more than they want to live near major electrical transmission equipment (or sewage lift stations that are aromatic as well as being less than visually uplifting)âŠ
Argy.Bargy2 over 10 years ago
And for those who hope to make use of high wind areas to generate power: some of the strongest opponents of âwindmill farmsâ are environmentalists who fear the impact on birdsâŠ
Doug Taylor Premium Member over 10 years ago
Didnât the Wiz invent 6Up ?
yeahbutt over 10 years ago
YeahâŠexceptâŠ.how much sunlight does it take to replace a gallon of gas?
dzw3030 over 10 years ago
There have been great strides in energy storage tech. Super Capacitors are solid state devices that can store large amounts in small spaces. The challenge is getting them cheap enough. The Geeks are working on solar power tech to use more of the Sunâs light spectrum. Thatâs promising too.All that is promising but âit ainât ready for prime timeâ just yet.
dzw3030 over 10 years ago
Nuclear has a bad rep from the hysterics. Their are reactor designs coming along in foreign countries that automatically shut down if they overheat. Thorium based reactors seem to be safer but the US based Uranium lobby is firmly entrenched.
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen over 10 years ago
âf we ever develop fusion as a source of energy maybe weâll be on to replacing fossil fuels. Even then there will be a lot of opposition to implementing it.â.âYou wanna put an H-bomb in my backyard??â(chuckle).Actually, though, even fusion produces radioisotopes..Liquid metal breeder reactors.The spent reactor fuel on hand is enough to supply over a thousand yearâs worth of electrical energy using breeder reactors and reclamation via pyrometalurgical electrlysis processes, separating the fissile materials for reuse until they are all used up from the highly radioactive waste which will have dropped down to background level in less than two hundred years. (and can be used for other things while transmuting)
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen over 10 years ago
âsending the power back to earth it could be used as a weapon instead of a power source ".Power in any form can be used as a weapon.Obviously the best use of solar power satelites would be to manufacture finished goods in space as well as electromagnetically launch and capture space craft. In the short term, though, lighting homes around the world would be nice..By shutting down reprocessing, Carter made nuclear seem more dangerous, more polluting and more expensive. In return, the switch back to coal was more dangerous, more polluting and more expensive. if it is causing climate change, it might be the beginning of disasters killing billions. The waste is toxic and radioactive from coal. Coal mine deaths are definite. Breathing problems are enhanced. Transportation demands assure us there will be more deaths due to derailments or train wrecks..(The most dangerous potential weapon source is biological and can be developed in a small back room, impossible to locate until a pandemic which kills billions has already been released.)
David Huie Green LikeNobody'sEverSeen over 10 years ago
@NunâYa BidnessâIf those gizmos, that you stick on your carâs bumper, for running off deer work, they should be able to figure out how to put a âscare off the birdsâ gizmo on the blades of the windmills.â.Or just any kind of noise maker. Birds have small minds so they focus on what they are attacking and donât notice the blade they are about to hit. The sound of predator or prey would make them notice the approaching danger.The other thought is to simply gather the birds at the end of the shift and eat up.