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Is there some kind of sunlight shortage on Earth? Why would this be necessary?

• deleted 8y ago
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• Pica_soO 8y ago
  Building structures on earth to collect sunlight is expensive due to need for maintenance, inefficient due to weather and day/night cycles and the transportproblem (no line of sight/ cables) and needs lots of land. Spacebased power generation can get around that.
  • ceejayoz 8y ago
    Space stations are expensive to maintain, experience a day/night cycle in the sort of orbits you'd have to use, and can't have cables either...
• Symmetry 8y ago
  A solar panel in space can be in direct sunlight almost 24/7 without worrying about night or weather, is the big benefit.