Elon Musk revives his plan to power the United States entirely on solar: “All you need is a 100 by 100 mile patch in a deserted corner of Arizona, Texas or Utah (or anywhere) to more than power the entire USA.”

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[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Indeed.

For my /s/BittersweetSeeds project (barely started but will is my New Years resolution, and I rarely bother with resolutions) I was trying to conceptualize the industrialization of space and power. I had soooo many ideas, including giant mirrors, conversions, Microwave transmissions, etc etc etc. As I researched I realized many things were scientifically impossible, some pure fantasy, and many things were incredibly impractical at any scale. My process was to come up with ideas and determine how they wouldn't work, then build work arounds. And repeat. If I couldn't build a work around, then it would not be valid. The same is true for the related political and economic stuff.

Further, there are countless problems with the current efforts with space, including the re-usability, space debris, etc.

None of this is really touched on much until Act 3.