Lunar Power

An Anonymous Coward cites this article on ABC News, excerpting: "...the world would have access to a limitless power supply. The moon receives 13,000 terrawatts of power from the sun. Harnessing 1 percent of that energy, he calculates, could replace all fossil fuel power plants on Earth."

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ABC AND Slashdot get taken in

[Zara2]

ABC.com and Slashdot both put up a story from a wacko. News at 11.

C'mon editors. My cat could have figured out a better power scheme than this. Even the Hydrogren that is 20KM under the surface of the earth would be cheaper. New national level building codes where we force all new buildings to have solar panel roof tiles and solar colleting windows would be easier to pass by congress. Also, quite frankly, the guys that are still hacking away at cold fusion probably have a better chance of getting it all to work.

Damn I wish this was K5 so I could vote to dump this article.

Re:ABC AND Slashdot get taken in

[Zara2]

Well, I hate replying to my own posts but I just had to say that this is no troll. Everything that I say is downright true.

C'mon editors. My cat could have figured out a better power scheme than this. Even the Hydrogren that is 20KM under the surface of the earth would be cheaper. New national level building codes where we force all new buildings to have solar panel roof tiles and solar colleting windows would be easier to pass by congress. Also, quite frankly, the guys that are still hacking away at cold fusion probably have a better chance of getting it all to work.

This particular idea of using the moon for a "power source" then "beaming" the power back down to earth using "microwaves" is fanciful at best. At the same time there are any number of alternates to this idea that make some serious sense. Personally I think mandating that all new buildings to have solar power built into the roofs and windows is a damn good idea, certianly better than this one, cheaper, and possible with our current technology, not to mention not needing any international treaties just to raise the capitol. So please, before marking me as a Troll, think for a few seconds. The guy is a wacko and if he is using public money he should have his grants stripped from him and have that money re-assigned to areas where it would be useful.

And wishing for a better moderation system on Slashdot is just Par for the course. Hell, at the very least we should be able to moderate the stories and those editors who never post anything decent should get fired. It's called consumer feedback and every other job on the planet has it. Why shouldn't it apply to slashdot editors as well?

Re:Doesn't the earth receive more?

[NimrodMCSE]

Maybe because we're the only ones actually doing something, instead of whining!