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Scientific paper
Dec 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001agufm.u32b..11c&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001, abstract #U32B-11
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0604 Antenna Arrays, 1221 Lunar Geodesy And Gravity (6250), 6250 Moon (1221), 6304 Benefit-Cost Analysis, 9810 New Fields (Not Classifiable Under Other Headings)
Scientific paper
A prosperous world requires at least 6.7 kWt/person of thermal energy or the equivalent of 2.5 - 3 kWe/person of electric energy (1, 2). Thus, a prosperous world of 10 billion people requires approximately 67 TWt or 25 to 30 TWe of commercial power that is low in cost, globally safe, and capable of providing 6,700 TWt-y/century to Earth for many centuries. These requirements preclude conventional terrestrial fossil-fuel, nuclear, and renewable systems. Cost-effective access of solar energy is required. The Moon intercepts 13,000 TWs of solar power. The proposed Lunar Solar Power (LSP) System collects a small portion of this solar power at bases located near the Earthward limbs of the Moon, converts the power to low-intensity microwave power beams (less than 20 percent the intensity of sunlight), and delivers the microwave power to receivers on Earth. The LSP lunar components are manufactured on the Moon using lunar materials. The receivers on Earth output utility-scale power. By 2050 the LSP System can provide abundant, clean, and low-cost commercial electric power to Earth that is independent of the biosphere. LSP energy can decouple physical and most service industry from the biosphere, stimulate healthy net growth of the global economy, and establish a two-planet (Earth-Moon) economy. 1. World Energy Council (2000) Energy for Tomorrow's World - Acting Now!,175pp., Atalink Projects Ltd., London. 2. Criswell, D. R. 1998 (13 - 18 September) Lunar solar power for energy prosperity within the 21st century, 17th Congress of the World Energy Council, Division 4: Concepts for a sustainable future - issues session, 4.1.23, 277-289, Houston, TX (Also on WEC'98 web site. Search for lunar.)
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