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Simcity Microwave Power by 2050?
Politburo writes "The Drudge Report supplies this interesting Senate testimony. Dr. David Criswell, director of the University of Houston's Institute for Space Systems Operations, proposes that we develop robots to assist in the construction of a lunar solar array. The power from this array would be beamed to recievers on Earth, either directly or via relay satellites. Dr. Criswell predicts that with this project, "the average American income could increase from today's ~$35,000/y-person to more than $150,000/y-person." He also attempts to put to rest the idea that microwave power is unsafe, saying, "Each power beam can be safely received, for example, in an industrially zoned area." I wonder if he's ever played SimCity 2000" And coming soon, Godzilla from a drop-down menu.
the fire department on stand-by...
...ants and a magnifying glass.
"...proposes that we develop robots to assist in the construction of a lunar solar array..."
Yup. We're screwed.
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aphex
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Will it explode after exactly fifty years like my power plants in Sim City do?
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I got an idea, Let's hack it and make it pop massive amounts of popcorn in an evil professor's house!
the ecofundamentalists will shut this project down because these invisible rays interfere with the morphic field of their crystal beads and their carrots.
Owner of a Mensa membership card.
Just another weapon for the machines when they rise.
What, the unstoppable cyborgs sent from the past to kill our future leaders wasn't enough? Controlling our nuclear arsenal not enough?
Why don't we just send up the robots to build the solar array in a big ass cube and call it a day?
The wars of the future will not be fought on the battlefield or at sea.
They will be fought in space, or possibly on top of a very tall
mountain. In either case, most of the actual fighting will be done by
small robots. And as you go forth today remember always your duty is
clear: To build and maintain those robots. Thank you.
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Now I can heat my food by just holding it out the window
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Of course, when everybody is making $150,000 per annum, the inflation rate will make it seem like $35,000.
Who cares about inflation rates anymore when roasted pigeons fly into your open mouth?
well, actually yes I do but then that may be because I work in KFC
I think Cartman had a rectenna once.
"My concern is that any nation putting this sort of system into place risks misalignment of the beams and having a solar laser of incredible power strafing across the landscape."
That's why it should be tested in Florida first. Until the bugs are worked out, we can blame any mishaps on the Xindi.
Just kidding. We should do this and do it right. More megawatts is better megawatts. Grow, Grow, Grow!
Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.
That's impossible! When you use microwaves, it's called a MASER.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Been tried before. Probably still not a good idea.
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