XPost: sci.space.policy   
   From: alan.erskine1@bigpond.com   
      
   On 12/07/2011 9:17 PM, Sylvia Else wrote:   
   > The Australian Government has, for reasons that have much to do with   
   > politics, and little to do with the environment, decided to throw $Au 10   
   > billion into the bottomless pit that is renewable energy.   
   >   
   > Lest it all get turned into yet more solar panels and windfarms, I   
   > invite all comers to submit their plans for orbital power satellites. At   
   > least then we might get some technological advance for our money, even   
   > though I doubt we'd actually see any orbital power.   
   >   
   > Sylvia.   
   >   
      
   Didn't we go through this a couple of days ago?   
      
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