2,600TW ought to be enough for anybody (was Descriptions of SPS grow

> ...Then they would shadow each other. Maybe 100km wide and 500km
> spacing would work better.

Whatever.

> > that's 4,500 satellites
>
> 4,500 * 0.042 = 189 terawatts. If the market were currently 2
> terawatts, and if growth were 10-fold per century, this system
> would be outclassed within only 2 centuries.

Would you care to suggest anything, even vague and entirely speculative
reasons, as to how or why power consumption would grow like that? There are
practical limits to how much power a single person can realistically use
withotu resorting to stupidity or super-science.

> > with space left over for other facilities.
>
> ...More shadowing problems, and these facilities would
> contribute to the electricity demand.

There's no reason they couldn't have independent power.

> > or 433kW for every one of the six
> > billion people currently alive on the planet.
>
> Current world population is 6.7 billion, and 5 centuries from
> now it might be over 1 trillion. After all, there is plenty of
> room.
> http://www.juliansimon.com/writings/Ultimate_Resource

Yes. And we might invent anti gravity or be invaded by flying spegeti
monsters. And you could realise what nonsense that source it. But what are
the chances any of that will happen?

> > Which is probably more than you need
> http://www.google.com/search?q=640K+ought+to+be+enough+for+anybody

1) Even the most retarded moron knows that Gates meant "for now"
2) The numbers I quoted are based upon todays technology. Plenty of room for
better technology.
3) Pull your head out of your arse. Seriously. No one is this stupid
accidentally.

John