gamiddleton@thunder.UUCP (Guy Middleton) (09/19/85)
In article <5982@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes: >> Large solar arrays probably have the least impact. But this is >> only a guess... > > [ ... list of problems associated with solar power generation ... ] > ... Actually, solar power satellites solve >most of these problems; they might compete with nuclear for minimum impact. Unfortunately it is unlikely, for political reasons, that power satellites will ever be built. If the station's transmission beam were to be aimed somewhere other that its terrestrial receiving antenna, it would make a rather nasty space-based weapon. If anybody (the U.S., most likely) were to try to build one of these things, it is certain that somebody else would try to stop it. -- Guy Middleton, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ont. ..{allegra,clyde,decvax,utcsrgv}!watmath!thunder!gamiddleton ..ihnp4!mmm!thunder!gamiddleton