Re: high-altitude airship solar power stations?
- From: Joe Strout <joe@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:59:47 -0600
In article <Xns9800BEC2733DBjimdavis2earthlinkne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jim Davis <jimdavis2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Joe Strout wrote:
If it also happens to demonstrate the feasibility of beamed
solar power, and get people wondering how to eliminate that
pesky diurnal cycle, then so much the better.
Any comments?
Would it be "so much the better" if it turned out that airborne solar
panels could deliver electric power much cheaper than orbital solar
panels? Or a disaster? :-)
I'd expect that to be a temporary situation. Ultimately, we need clean
baseline power too, delivered 24/7. Airborne solar just can't do that.
But having accepted airborne solar and beamed power, orbital power
stations should be a much smaller conceptual leap for the public and
powers-that-be.
Best,
- Joe
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