http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_energy_plan_could_include_solar_1212.html Obama energy plan could include solar satellites
John Byrne
Published: Friday December 12, 2008
A not-yet-refined technology is "on the table" as part of President-Elect Barack Obama's plan for American energy independence -- solar collecting satellites that beam power back to earth.
The idea of solar power generating satellites recently appeared on Obama's transition website
http://www.change.gov/">change.gov. Obama officials haven't publicly embraced the concept, and the change.gov site is aimed at being a place for Americans to "have a place at the table," but the technology has been given serious enough treatment to warrant mainstream media attention.
"Beaming solar power from space back to Earth using lasers or microwaves is still a far-out idea, requiring advances in technology and cost reductions that are far from certain and, in any case, likely to take decades to develop," the Wall Street Journal
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/12/11/obama-transition-looks-at-far-out-idea/?mod=rss_WSJBlog?mod=washwire">noted Friday. There are legions of skeptics, and Obama transition officials haven’t officially embraced the solar-power initiative.
"But some transition team members are known to look favorably on the general idea," the paper added. "A spokesman for the transition didn’t respond to email requests for comment."
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