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Beaming Down Earth's Energy From Space

Posted December 21, 2011 8:46 AM

From Discovery News - Top Stories:

It's always sunny in low-Earth orbit, so what better place to look for a source of solar energy?

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12/21/2011 8:49 AM

No-one is addressing how to get rid of the additional waste low-grade heat from the use of this sort of thing. Increasing Earth's temperature is one way, of course...

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12/21/2011 9:37 PM

Free KFC falling from the sky!

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12/22/2011 8:15 AM

..."and sends it wirelessly down"...kind of like "and then some magic happens here"?

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12/22/2011 8:29 AM

Good question.

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