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Earth Aims for 100% Solar Power Energy

September 13, 2008

Imagine being transported 20 years into the future. You might get surprised that everything looks a lot similar to the present. You get to the first person that you see, and you make friends with that guy. You get to have good times. Then as you continue your futuristic adventure, you’d notice that every home, car and building are powered up using solar energy. Gasoline and electrical energy sources had become completely obsolete – no one uses these energy sources anymore.

Okay, I’m not sure that the world will use 100% solar energy within 20 years. But the good news is that scientists had finally turned their focus to make solar energy a great alternative to fossil fuel and electrical energy.

Solar energy had been around for decades but the world seemed not to use it to its full potential. The world suffers from energy problems. I think scientists should start working fast at the possibility of using space solar power. National Space Society lists down all the advantages of implementing solar power with only one drawback: the technology is too expensive. Perhaps this is why solar energy had not improved so much.

Hawaii Solar power

The first successful power transmission using solar power was done in the Mojave Desert in the 1970’s. This one is an improvement of that previous experiment. This time the scientists had picked Hawaii for this experiment. Solar panels are installed at the top of one of Maui’s mountains and the energy is beamed down 92 miles to Hawaii. This generated power this time is hundred times greater, estimated to be at 20 Watts which is enough to get a small flourescent light.

The full 120 Gigawatts power that the sun and the space beam up on the earth is more than enough to power up the whole earth. Present earthlings are using a fraction of this power coming from electrical energy and fossil fuels. Most of that space solar power is simply put to waste.

The scientists had begun climbing up the steps. I hope these brilliant scientists can also make a huge leap for mankind.

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Written by Gemma Baltazar · Gemma Baltazar is currently making out as a full-time freelance web designer and programmer. Prior to this, she worked as a maintenance engineer in a Japanese company. Much of her experience in Information Technology was gained from working as an IT specialist and instructor in a military training institution and an international computer school. One of her blogs, The Lady Programmer talks about her freelance life, experience and tips. She puts in bits of news about technology, gadgets and other computer-related stuff.

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