Why Sustainable Power is Unsustainable Forum: SSI-List
Thread: Why Sustainable Power is Unsustainable
# 22215 bysailor.barsoom on Feb. 19, 2009, 11:46 a.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
> Nuclear plants cost in the range of $8000 per installed kW.
>
> I can make a case for power sats in the range of $800/kW.
>
> it would be easy to do with a moving cable space elevator
> (on the order of $10/kg to GEO). There is another way that
> might do it, a suborbital rocket stage to get out of the
> atmosphere and a gigantic ablation laser to push 100 tons
> per hr out to GEO.
>
> Details if anyone is interested.
understand it.