Describe a beamed power solution. ( Digest Number 135)

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Thread: Describe a beamed power solution. ( Digest Number 135)

# 15187 byIan Woollard on June 27, 2001, 9:50 a.m.
Member since 2022-08-22

> At 01:41 PM 6/25/01 +0000:
> Elsewhere, I have seen the comment that a beamed power path could transmit

> power with 50% efficiency, vs 10%
> for new land lines.

Actually from the impression I get from the web, land lines
aren't 10% efficient, they are 90% efficient. Still, beamed
power has very unique advantages; efficiency isn't necessarily
everything.

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