By 2030 Japan plans to have a Space Solor Power System which would collect solor energy and sent it down to earth using laser beams or microwaves. Wow!! This would be a very out of the box way to collect energy and with global warming more ideas like this should be considered. Solar energy is 5 times stronger in space than on Earth so if this idea pans out a considerable amount of energy would be collected and for a cheap price (6 times cheaper than the cost of electricity in Japan currently).
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Oh wow! Where is the article? I'm actually interested in reading more about this.
Those Japanese seem like they are always 30x faster with their technology. I think this invention will overall help us as a community and help future businesses. More abundant and cheaper energy is ALWAYS good.
True Yoda, but I'm wondering how much it will cost to actually accomplish such a feat. Then again in 20 years who knows what kind of technology will be available?
Yeah, I agree with Jebsen, technology is growing very fast, and I do think that this task will take a great deal of resources. However, overall, I do think that this may be more of a benefit in the long run, since it will deal out more energy without the harmful effects of pollution and waste that current technologies offer.
-Henry Zhang
That's pretty cool. It'd be interesting to see how the energy would be sent and received back on earth. Much like Jebsen, I am also very curious to see how technology improves or worsens our life in a few decades.
WOW! Technology is growing very fast. I'm just wondering where the Japanese are going to raise or fund all that money to accomplish this. I do think this is way towards saving energy. Maybe this can motivate and influence other countries as well
is a good way*
http://tinyurl.com/yd6sndw
(I couldn't resist)
Though this sounds like a giant leap into the future of green energy, in the end, most of the research is driven by business and profits. This 21 Billion dollar project isn't cheap. I don't have enough information yet to continue a rant of some sort, but it is relieving to see people taking on such a huge project for green energy.
I would tinyurl this, but, laziness again rules.
http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/09/01/japan-plans-21-billion-solar-space-post-to-power-294000-homes/
This post is so interesting! I agree, technology is advancing so well. It's amazing. I really want to see what will become of this space station and how it will help global warming.
This idea/concept is in no way new at all. People have been discussing using orbital satellites to harvest solar energy and send it back to earth somehow. But while the theory has been in place for many years, nobody has actually come up with a feasible way of doing it. Now that scientists have developed ways of charging cell phones and other handheld devices via high powered radio waves, it is only a matter of time before they figure out how to create a longer range, higher powered version of this.
On a side note...if anyone has seen Gundam 00...this should seem kinda familiar...=P
~Victor Hung
This seems like such a fascinating topic! I am glad to see the steps that Japan is taking to try and put a halt to all the energy used, and to stop or slow down global warming. Even though this is a cool idea, I have to follow suit and be a little skeptical. How long is this really going to take, and how much money is going to have to spent to achieve this huge feat? But I guess we do not know what the technology will be like 20 years from now, and we just have to be positive. Take the stance that things we have now looked impossible years ago, so this might actually have a chance!
here is the link to the article for those who wanted it
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091108/ts_afp/japanspaceenergysolartechnology_20091108112302
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