A Japanese construction firm is proposing to solve the well-documented energy
problems facing Japan - and ultimately the entire planet - by turning the
moon into a colossal solar power plant.
Tokyo-based Shimizu Corp. wants to lay a belt of solar panels 250 miles wide
around the equator of our orbiting neighbour and then relay the constant
supply of energy to “receiving stations” on Earth by way of lasers or
microwave transmission.
The “Luna Ring” that is being proposed would be capable of sending 13,000
terawatts of power to Earth. Throughout the whole of 2011, it points out,
the United States only generated 4,100 terawatts of power.
“A shift from economical use of limited resources to the unlimited use of
clean energy is the ultimate dream of mankind,” Shimizu says in the proposal
on its web site. “The Luna Ring ... translates this dream into reality
through ingenious ideas coupled with advanced space technologies.”
Until March 2011, and the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that crippled
the Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan had relied heavily on nuclear power.
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