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I came across this channel on Youtube describing a potential new source of energy.
Basically it is a satellite in space with a long copper wire pointed at the sun through which an electrical current is passed. This causes the solar wind particles (which are very energetic) to be drawn in by the magnetic field to a receiver on the satellite which then converts the energy into an infrared beam of energy which is directed at a receiver on Earth. Scientists estimate that a sufficiently large satellite could easily meet the energy needs of the Earth.
Seems like a much better way to generate power than fusion and certainly beats renewables.
Drawbacks would be the effects of the lasers on our way of life and the possibility of damage to the satellites (it could make a nation vulnerable) plus the difficulty of building and putting such an object into space. It certainly seems like a better use of space than Jeff Bezos tours anyway. The first part of the name comes from Dison a writer who proposed that advanced civilisations might have structures built around their stars to capture energy from the solar wind.
Basically it is a satellite in space with a long copper wire pointed at the sun through which an electrical current is passed. This causes the solar wind particles (which are very energetic) to be drawn in by the magnetic field to a receiver on the satellite which then converts the energy into an infrared beam of energy which is directed at a receiver on Earth. Scientists estimate that a sufficiently large satellite could easily meet the energy needs of the Earth.
Seems like a much better way to generate power than fusion and certainly beats renewables.
Drawbacks would be the effects of the lasers on our way of life and the possibility of damage to the satellites (it could make a nation vulnerable) plus the difficulty of building and putting such an object into space. It certainly seems like a better use of space than Jeff Bezos tours anyway. The first part of the name comes from Dison a writer who proposed that advanced civilisations might have structures built around their stars to capture energy from the solar wind.