Pharoz

It might be an idea to summarise the *Solar Energy category in Pharoz and put some of these posts into the Becrux (Mimosa) blog with links to the relevant Pharoz posts.The basic categories would be something like: Energy efficiency at a network level Storage of electrical energy Transport of electrical energy Fixing electrical energy Transverse horizontal wind turbines Transition from coal power to renewables (system wide) Carbon dioxide – Removal, transformation and disposal of CO2 Applying usable kinetic energy to spacecraft through remote lasers There is a separate post for each of the broad categories above with links to the relevant Pharoz posts.

2/10/2008 Solar Collector Satellites Some Pharoz posts: 24/10/2006 Solar Farms 10/04/2006 Analog to digital energy transmission *** The basic idea is that the light from a laser made with a gas will be at a frequency such that the light from that laser can be absorbed by that same gas in a special cavity at a distance removed from the laser, and thus cleanly catch the energy from the laser so to speak.

Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through pre-industrial means, by only planting trees for example, can not keep pace with the carbon dioxide emissions that our modern society is placing in the atmosphere. A carbon dioxide sink is a process that takes carbon dioxide, as well as other things such as water and energy, and turns the chemical components of carbon dioxide into something else.

Energy security is about having energy storage to such a capacity to meet your energy needs, as well as a way to replenish the energy that is used in a timely manner. A superficial analysis of energy needs and energy security would fuse the issues of energy storage and energy sources.