Japanese firm wants to transform the Moon into a giant solar power plant
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"The electric power generated by the solar cells would be transmitted by electric cables to transmission facilities on the near side of the Moon, which is constantly facing Earth. After the electricity is converted into microwave beams and laser beams, 20-kilometer-diameter antennas would beam the power to receivers on Earth. A guidance radio beacon would ensure accurate transmission to the receivers. The energy would then be converted back to electricity and supplied to grids, or possibly converted to hydrogen for fuel or storage."
This may be a bad idea for the following reasons:
(1) As more energy is sent from the moon to Earth, the moon moves farther away from the earth as a result of light propulsion, and that may cause divergent patterns in the environment, like hurricanes or tidal waves.
(2) If level-4 (ultimate ensemble) manyworlds multiverse theory is true (and I think it is), then moving the moon a little distance away from the Earth in this "verse" ("parallel universe" some people call it) would probably cause the moon to move closer to the earth in other verses, which could cause (1) in those parallel verses which could cause the opposite of (1) here, and the opposite of (1) is still (1) because it does not matter which direction a hurricane spins. Moving the moon could destabilize this part of the multiverse, possibly (and this is my addition to the theory) because large objects (planets, moons, stars, black holes, etc) act as multiverse pivot-points, and by moving the moon just a little, the pivot point is detached, theoretically. I'd suggest you ask Max Tegmark about this one. Its his multiverse theory, and I'm not an expert in physics. I'm more of a mad-scientist that puts information together from many sources in unusual ways. Ask Max Tegmark.
(3) The microwaves could, all at once, be pointed at any target on Earth that can see the moon at that time. For example, Washington DC or the location of a nuclear weapon. Why use your own nukes when you can detonate one already in the target country. I'm not saying Japan would do that, but we can not ignore their plan to create something that could be used as weapon of mass destruction from space, which if I remember correctly, is a violation of some international treaty not to put weapons of mass destruction in space. I don't know if Japan signed that or what is the name of that treaty, but its a serious subject. It has lots of good effects, but its also a death-ray from space if they choose for it to be, and just the implied threat of that (without ever using it) would be enough to make Japan the richest country on Earth. Its the kind of science we should not be doing until we stop having wars, which in my opinion, can be done.
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