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Originally Posted by 4Tran
Actually, this is an idea that's worth exploring. You can read more about it here. |
I am aware of that, too. My point was that beamed energy might be useful for a small number of cases, but if you want a constant steady supply you would have to go wired. Reliability is more important than how fancy it looks, the same reason why I am using a wired mouse and keyboard.
And anyway, the elevator also functions as a cheap form of space transport for building materials. They couldn't have built all the solar panels and everything else in space big enough to wrap around the EARTH, using just rockets and shuttles, especially NOT during a fuel shortage.