How to transport power from space to Earth?

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  1. spt5

    spt5 New Member

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    Obviously the modern economic needs for power are now pushing the biosphere out of existence. Wouldn't it be cheaper to finance a few programs that will engineer a way of collecting power in space and transform it down onto Earth?
     
  2. PeakProphet

    PeakProphet Active Member

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    An idea along those lines....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere
     

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