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Spain isn't that much farther away than outer space.
by cmsmith 11y ago
Spain isn't that much farther away than outer space.
- CapitalistCartr 11y agoWe can't beam energy from Spain to elsewhere via microwaves, though. And it still gets dark at night in Spain.
- notahacker 11y agoIt gets dark in the stratosphere too, and the UK already has a power grid connecting it with the Spanish power grid which doesn't rely on 20km cables into the sky...
- CapitalistCartr 11y agoThe parent post was about outer space, not the stratosphere. And that method uses microwave transmission, not cables.
- dogma1138 11y agoOuter space gets dark too you not sure which orbit will get you 100 sun time solar synced orbits still get 50% night time. Maybe some geosync high polar orbit but then you have issues with transmition. Space solar makes very little sense you only get twice the solar power at 50% efficiency rate at best.