dlkf writes: "There is an article on Space.com that talks about some of the benefits, costs and current research relevant to using satellites to generate and store power. This surplus of power could then be beamed via laser or microwave to earth or other satellites."
Potential health risk is probably the biggest problem with this idea, since we are still not 100% sure things like mobile phones are safe. Wireless energy will be a lot more powerful than those tiny cell phones. Imagine a misfire, or if you are at the general area of the receiver. Other than that it seems pretty enviromentally sounds, it won't even take up rooms like wind mills or solar panels.
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Potential health risk is probably the biggest problem with this idea, since we are still not 100% sure things like mobile phones are safe. Wireless energy will be a lot more powerful than those tiny cell phones. Imagine a misfire, or if you are at the general area of the receiver. Other than that it seems pretty enviromentally sounds, it won't even take up rooms like wind mills or solar panels.
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