Presenting a bold solution for global climate change and dependence on oil—and the threat of war over its diminishing supply—this visionary reference explores how developing solar energy could bring about unprecedented economic prosperity and opportunity on a global scale. By using existing technology in revolutionary ways, this new energy plan would have the potential to create jobs and revitalize the economy while offering a clean, affordable, and long-term solution. Asserting that the current generation can develop this innovative energy source to change the world economically, environmentally, and politically for the better, this stunning guide offers an unexpected new hope for the future.
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Ralph Nansen has been involved with space engineering for more than four decades. He is the founder and president of Solar Space Industries and the former Boeing solar-power satellite program manager. He is the author of Sun Power: The Global Solution for the Coming Energy Crisis. He lives in Lopez Island, Washington.
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This review is from: Energy Crisis: Solution from Space (Apogee Books Space Series) (Paperback)
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"Energy Crisis is focused much more on the WHY of SBSP than the HOW: there's little technical discussion about how SBSP system would work, beyond some basic descriptions, nor much discussion of the other technical and economic issues that SBSP must overcome for it to become reality. That limits the effectiveness of the book as an advocacy tool for SBSP proponents: few people, after all, would argue that we don't need more sources of energy as the world's population both grows and modernizes, and that there will be dire consequences if we fail. "What isn't clear is that SBSP, while attractive in general, can overcome the space transportation and other `stumbling blocks' needed for it to emerge as the solution--or even one solution of many. Energy Crisis states the case for SBSP but doesn't close it: others will have to follow up to answer not just the why questions about SBSP but also the how, if this cycle of interest in the concept is not to die out again." [...]
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Every month I read a dozen non-fiction books, mostly recommendations from Nature, Science, and the Economist, but this is the first review I have ever posted. Nansen has been there and back in the real world of aerospace. In extraordinarily clear and compelling language he summarizes the strengths and weaknesses of the dozens of plausible responses to the conundrums of energy production and cleanup. What remains? Space solar power. Sure, its engineering challenges and the costs of surmounting them will be massive. Therefore widespread political consciousness raising must be the next stage, and I find Nansen's presentation to be uniquely convincing.
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The world needs Solar Power Satellites before we should ever consider manned expeditions to Mars.
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