http://qz.com/152384/japans-plan-to-supply-all-the-worlds-energy-from-a-giant-solar-power-plant-on-the-moon/

I would have thought the flaw in this plan was pushing the moon out of orbit....!??!

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Nov 30^th, 2013 at 12:18pm:

http://qz.com/152384/japans-plan-to-supply-all-the-worlds-energy-from-a-giant-solar-power-plant-on-the-moon/ I would have thought the flaw in this plan was pushing the moon out of orbit....!??!

I doubt there'd be enough energy. My concern would be with the necessarily high-energy microwave beam aimed at the Earth.

How do we contact dr karl and not the forum that he has nothing to do with? The forum could probably tell us but surely it would be much more fun hearing it on the forklift at work  :D

I think I prefer my world-wide solar network linked with HVDC  idea, For one thing, it's cheaper.

muso wrote on Nov 30^th, 2013 at 2:24pm:

I think I prefer my world-wide solar network linked with HVDC  idea, For one thing, it's cheaper.

For shizzle,... that's where the game has to go but they are worried about sabotage so the plot doth remaineth quite sticky and very very thick  :-? ;D ;D

I guess there is more than one way to crack a nut.

http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2010/212/8/d/The_most_elaborate_nutcracker_by_Maxix123.jpg

Please don't tell me that's a nutcracker!??!  :-?

# wrote on Nov 30^th, 2013 at 1:13pm:

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Nov 30th, 2013 at 12:18pm: http://qz.com/152384/japans-plan-to-supply-all-the-worlds-energy-from-a-giant-solar-power-plant-on-the-moon/ I would have thought the flaw in this plan was pushing the moon out of orbit....!??! I doubt there'd be enough energy. My concern would be with the necessarily high-energy microwave beam aimed at the Earth.

Yes, that would be a far more pressing concern.

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Nov 30^th, 2013 at 5:31pm:

Please don't tell me that's a nutcracker!??!  :-?

It's an unnecessarily complicated nutcracker, just like the lunar solar panel idea.

muso wrote on Dec 6^th, 2013 at 5:27am:

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Nov 30th, 2013 at 5:31pm: Please don't tell me that's a nutcracker!??!  :-? It's an unnecessarily complicated nutcracker, just like the lunar solar panel idea.

Attack with ideas they say  8-)

If you wanted to cut costs with transmitting the energy back to earth, you could use copper cables joined together and covered by plastic bags....

Frances wrote on Dec 6^th, 2013 at 4:21pm:

If you wanted to cut costs with transmitting the energy back to earth, you could use copper cables joined together and covered by plastic bags....

I think that is the first time you've honestly made me laugh!  :D