How Energy From Space Relates To Fighting Terrorism

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> I don't see any reason why an energy company, such as Exxon, couldn't
> invest in powersats and reap huge profits. They might be happy to
> see the end of worry about what OPEC will do. And the chance to make
> friends with the environmentalists (instead of being the favorite
> boogieman of the same).
>

You are being too optimistic about the average ecofreak (as I call the
environmentalists, in my lack of political correctness). The less sensate
fraction of them - i.e., the fraction that gets more attention in the
media - is fundamentally anti-technology. If SPS becomes a reality, they
will make up stories like "space launches are enlarging the ozone hole" or
"SPS beams cause cancer in nearby areas" or something like that; in fact,
I've heard absurdities such as that even though SPS is just a possibility
for now. They will do everything they can to bring us back to the Dark Ages
and celebrate Gaia in Celtic cults and the like. (Yes, I'm stereotyping.)

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> Xenophile (who realizes that there must be something wrong with this
> argument... after all, when's the last time you saw Mobil build a
> powersat?)

Dr. Omni (Who realizes that he does not like ecofreaks and so may not have a
neutral opinion of the situation...)