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- From: gary@ke4zv.uucp (Gary Coffman)
- Subject: Re: Energy from space Sustain Future
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.163832.15647@ke4zv.uucp>
- Reply-To: gary@ke4zv.UUCP (Gary Coffman)
- Organization: Destructive Testing Systems
- References: <1466300153@igc.apc.org>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:38:32 GMT
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- In article <1466300153@igc.apc.org> Ad Astra Ltd. <adastra@igc.apc.org> writes:
- >
- >Energy from space Sustainable futures
- >Using energy from space, satellite power systems, transmitted
- >to earth via microwaves offers a sustainable, environmentally
- >benign source of energy
-
- SPS offers all the disadvantages of single point failure and
- loss of local control of any central power system without the
- offsetting economic benefits. Environmentally, SPS is no better
- than large terrestrial arrays while having much higher construction
- and maintenance costs.
-
- Gary
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