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Phssthp0kThePak t1_ixvcij0 wrote

The sheer amount of mass you gave to put way up in geostationary orbit is laughable. Gonna use kerosene rockets?

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DukeOfGeek t1_ixvjf25 wrote

All these super expensive fantasy mega projects, even IF they did work, are less effective that just mass producing cheap effective PV and wind as fast as we can right now. All kinds of realistic affordable storage solutions are coming online right now too.

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sdolla5 t1_ixxbhf5 wrote

Or just letting the sun rays come down to earth where it will anyway.. it isn’t like collecting it in geo will make it stronger, still free space path loss radiating the energy from the satellite.

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