Pentagon Wants Energy From Space
12 May, 2008
U.S. Department of Defense plans to invest more resources in developing alternative energy sources and the most recent proposal deploy a space alien. The Pentagon has drafted a report which recommends sending a solar energy station in orbit to test if the collected energy from the sun could be back on Earth in the form of electricity.
The report claims that the stations on the basis of energy from space could provide clean energy and could help to avoid potential energy conflicts when the oil resources will be finished. The Pentagon has already requested the Bureau of National Security Area to produce a feasibility study.
"It is very true that there are many more solar light resources in this way, but we must to balance out the difficulty to brings it on on Earth," said Richard Corkish.
The idea is there of 40 years, but the lack of technology has made impossible the implementation in practice. As oil prices reach record levels, the Pentagon can restore the tape.
The project consists of a pilot plant for solar energy to stay on Earth orbit for six years, the investment will amount to 10 billion U.S. dollars. Subsequently would be sent huge photovoltaic stations.
The report note that these stations would capture in a year the energy that existed in the oil reserves that existed at present.
Dr. Charley Lineweaver, the representative of National University of Canberra, said : "The disadvantage that we have on Earth is that the solar panels work well in dry places, in the desert, and where are people - people live where there is water, and water where there are clouds"
Richard Corkish sustain that energy will be lost in the transfer of space to a receiver on Earth.