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Lots of doubt. But don't doubt this: anybody who bets against orbital solar will lose, and it won't take long. The costs are all going in the direction to make
by JoeAltmaier 3y ago
Lots of doubt. But don't doubt this: anybody who bets against orbital solar will lose, and it won't take long. The costs are all going in the direction to make space-based solar the winning option.
- blueflow 3y ago> The costs are all going in the direction to make space-based solar the winning option Citation needed. I'd especially like to see the calculation against the launch costs and the expected lifetimes of solar cells.
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoReally? We need to cite the worldwide phenomenon of drastically reducing lift costs? Astronomical growth in cheap thin solar panels? Rising real estate prices? No. No I'm not going to dignify this with a 'citation'.
- blueflow 3y agoThen do the calculation with energy instead of money. At some point you are better off putting the rocket fuel into a ground power station.
- rep_movsd 3y agoWe lived on only solar power for 7 years. For the last 2 years if I hadn't had my precious Honda GK200 petrol/kerosene generator, it would have made it quite impossible to use a desktop computer effectively. My whole successful career of 20 years as a software dev might have got upset, Betting on solar is a silly idea. Its just a way for oil companies to keep shipping baseload