Japanese Firm Proposes Microwave-Linked Solar Plant On the Moon

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Japanese Firm Proposes Microwave-Linked Solar Plant On the Moon

Posted by timothy on Sunday February 23, 2014 @12:19PM from the clean-renewable-lunar-energy dept.

littlesparkvt writes "Harnessing the sun's power is nothing new on Earth, but if a Japanese company has its way, it will build a solar strip across the 11,000 mile Lunar equator that could supply our world with clean and unlimited solar energy for generations." Some of the company's other projects look just as ambitious.

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I think I've seen this plan by cold+fjord · 2014-02-23 12:25 · Score: 5, Funny

Collect massive amounts of power, and beam it towards a planet. What could possibly go wrong?
In a surprise vote at the UN, the General Assembly accepted a proposal from Krasnovia to rename the planet. The new name is "Alderaan."

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1. Re:I think I've seen this plan by cold+fjord · 2014-02-23 13:30 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Also, what happens when there is a lunar eclipse?
  Not much, in North Korea.
  
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Timely news source for technology related news... by Buck+Feta · 2014-02-23 12:35 · Score: 5, Funny

s/Timely/oldAsFuck/. Hilarious when Huffington Post beats Slashdot to a story by two and a half months.

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Re:FTFY by Qwade79 · 2014-02-23 13:16 · Score: 5, Funny

Helps when you put the D in there.
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Re:11000 miles? by JWSmythe · 2014-02-23 14:02 · Score: 4, Funny

Miles, kilometers, what's it matter. It's not rocket science... ... oh ...

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