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# ENERGY So **MIT** has apparently achieved orbital solar energy that could benefit everyone on earth with a free energy source That's what they claimed anyway, but you and I know that's not how things work. It will be centrally distributed which means it will be a natural monopoly. The infrastru
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I should be more excited about this. It appears it would potentially make available about 100 to 200 W/m^2 24 hours a day. Mirrors would be much less expensive and would work with existing solar panels on earth, though it would be an ecological disaster to take away the night. I can't say im looking
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Theoretically, the microwaves would be invisible and targeted. I'm sure nothing could go wrong.
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Sounds more like a weapon than a power source
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That's what I said about fire. 🔥 😜
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