The sun is the source of all our power and despite what is said none of it is renewable. It is just perception based on our limited life span. We know several ways of getting this power from the sun, some practical and some not. It is a clean, virtually inexhaustible supply of power and enough to last us for the lifetime of our planet. Regardless as to whether we are on it or not.
One way being looked at now is solar thermal. Unlike solar panels it needs the direct rays of the sun on it to create the heat necessary to be turned into power. Solar panels produce a trickle of power even if the sky is overcast and in winter. Solar thermal however does not and so it has to be generated in a country with lots of sun. You can use solar yourself for cooking using instructions here now. The only difference is the heat is applied to the food in one case and to power generating equipment in the other.
Deserts are ideal for power generation and there are a lot of them on this planet.
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The largest tropical desert is the Sahara in North Africa and that is where it is suggested we get Europe’s power from in this article. As you can see from the map above Europe doesn’t have any deserts but it is very close to one of the worlds largest, the Sahara. Only an inch or so on the map but that equates to thousands of miles in a massive expensive new electrical grid.
Personally, I would be a bit apprehensive about having our power supplied from an area outside our control. Never mind being carried through areas that want to control us. At least the US can do it’s power generation in the Mojave desert within it’s borders. It’s bad enough that our oil can be held to ransom but at least we can stockpile that until we mobilise for war negotiate. North Africa and the rest of the deserts near us all seem to be where the people that don’t really like us that much are.
It’s still a good idea and we should explore it rather than tilting at windmills and eating our cats and dogs but we still need to generate a plan that covers our energy needs with some to spare over the next 50 years and until we can get Fusion or something similar going. Let’s look at capturing the sun in space, a vast desert, and transmitting it to Earth. It would be secure and totally within our control.
Of course our government will have spent all it’s money on windmills before we get this up and running. Just have to hope on of our SAS units can slip over to France and plug in an extension cable for us.
Tapping our only real power source
The sun is the source of all our power and despite what is said none of it is renewable. It is just perception based on our limited life span. We know several ways of getting this power from the sun, some practical and some not. It is a clean, virtually inexhaustible supply of power and enough to last us for the lifetime of our planet. Regardless as to whether we are on it or not.
One way being looked at now is solar thermal. Unlike solar panels it needs the direct rays of the sun on it to create the heat necessary to be turned into power. Solar panels produce a trickle of power even if the sky is overcast and in winter. Solar thermal however does not and so it has to be generated in a country with lots of sun. You can use solar yourself for cooking using instructions here now. The only difference is the heat is applied to the food in one case and to power generating equipment in the other.
Deserts are ideal for power generation and there are a lot of them on this planet.
(Click to enlarge)
The largest tropical desert is the Sahara in North Africa and that is where it is suggested we get Europe’s power from in this article. As you can see from the map above Europe doesn’t have any deserts but it is very close to one of the worlds largest, the Sahara. Only an inch or so on the map but that equates to thousands of miles in a massive expensive new electrical grid.
Personally, I would be a bit apprehensive about having our power supplied from an area outside our control. Never mind being carried through areas that want to control us. At least the US can do it’s power generation in the Mojave desert within it’s borders. It’s bad enough that our oil can be held to ransom but at least we can stockpile that until we mobilise for war negotiate. North Africa and the rest of the deserts near us all seem to be where the people that don’t really like us that much are.
It’s still a good idea and we should explore it rather than tilting at windmills and eating our cats and dogs but we still need to generate a plan that covers our energy needs with some to spare over the next 50 years and until we can get Fusion or something similar going. Let’s look at capturing the sun in space, a vast desert, and transmitting it to Earth. It would be secure and totally within our control.
Of course our government will have spent all it’s money on windmills before we get this up and running. Just have to hope on of our SAS units can slip over to France and plug in an extension cable for us.