Subj : Samsung Galaxy leaks ¨, B
To   : All
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Fri Jan 17 2025 10:03:00

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 TL>  CHINA PLANS TO BUILD ENORMOUS SOLAR ARRAY IN SPACE Ä AND IT COULD
 TL> COLLECT MORE ENERGY IN A YEAR THAN 'ALL THE OIL ON EARTH' (3 MINUTE
 TL> READ) [8]

 TL>  Chinese scientists plan to build an enormous, 0.6-mile-wide solar
 TL> power station in space that will beam continuous energy back to Earth
 TL> via microwaves. The project has been dubbed 'another Three Gorges Dam
 TL> project above the Earth'. The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest
 TL> hydropower project. Based in China, it generates 100 billion
 TL> kilowatt-hours of electricity each year. The US, EU, and Japan have
 TL> also been investigating solar satellite array technology - Japan's
 TL> JAXA is set to launch its proof-of-concept satellite this year.

Wasn't this a future technology that was predicted in the SimCity gaming
series?  IIRC, once your city reached a certain year, this technology
became available and could be used to replace older, polluting (or
dangerous) forms of power creation.



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