There is, and it doesn't involve gutting the military budget. And it doesn't involve attacking particular industries which are the target of irrational left wing hate. If you want to get rid of oil incentives, fine.
We don't need to gut anything...but every element of the budget needs to contribute. The military budget galls in particular, considering that it is ABSURDLY MASSIVE.
Oil subsidies are a republican obscenity in the backdrop of their budget which hits social programs for the underprivileged and working poor. In Michigan the republican governor is closing the budget gap by raising 1.7B in new taxes ...on the poor and seniors...in the same budget he is giving 1.8B in new tax breaks to business...even against an argument of trickle down it's disgusting.
But let's get rid of absurd incentives for other energies that have no hope for viability like solar.
There you go...a small subsidy to consumers meets with gop opposition, but let's not cut touch the good ole boy credits...it's just not in your DNA to have vision and to be environmentally conscious...you should avoid these topics...if it was up to regressives like you CAFE standards would still be 18mpg...oh hell, what am I saying, there'd be no CAFE standards...it's just not in your DNA.
Al
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* 1968: Dr. Peter Glaser introduced the idea of a large solar power satellite system with square miles of solar collectors in high geosynchronous orbit (GEO is an orbit 36,000 km above the equator), for collection and conversion of sun's energy into an electromagnetic microwave beam to transmit usable energy to large receiving antennas (rectennas) on Earth for distribution.
* 1973: Dr. Peter Glaser was granted U.S. patent number 3,781,647 for his method of transmitting power over long distances (e.g., from an SPS to the Earth's surface) using microwaves from a large (on the close order of one square kilometer) antenna on the satellite to a much larger one on the ground, now known as a rectenna.[1]
* 1970s: United States Department of Energy and NASA examined the Solar Power Satellite (SPS) concept extensively, publishing the design and feasibility studies.
* 1994: The United States Air Force conducted the Advanced Photovoltaic Experiment using a satellite launched into low Earth orbit by a Pegasus rocket.
* 1995–1997: NASA conducted a “Fresh Look” study of space solar power (SSP) concepts and technologies.
* 1998: Space Solar Power Concept Definition Study (CDS) identified credible commercially viable SSP concepts, identifying technical and programmatic risks.
* 1998: Japan's space agency starts a program for developing a Space Solar Power System (SSPS), which continues to the present day.
* 1999: NASA's Space Solar Power Exploratory Research and Technology program (SERT see section below) program begun.
* 2000: John Mankins of NASA testified in the U.S. House of Representatives, saying "Large-scale SSP is a very complex integrated system of systems that requires numerous significant advances in current technology and capabilities. A technology roadmap has been developed that lays out potential paths for achieving all needed advances — albeit over several decades.[2]
* 2001: PowerSat Corporation founded by William Maness.
* 2001: Dr. Neville Marzwell of NASA stated, "We now have the technology to convert the sun's energy at the rate of 42 to 56 percent... We have made tremendous progress. ...If you can concentrate the sun's rays through the use of large mirrors or lenses you get more for your money because most of the cost is in the PV arrays... There is a risk element but you can reduce it... You can put these small receivers in the desert or in the mountains away from populated areas. ...We believe that in 15 to 25 years we can lower that cost to 7 to 10 cents per kilowatt hour. ...We offer an advantage. You don't need cables, pipes, gas or copper wires. We can send it to you like a cell phone call—where you want it and when you want it, in real time."[3]
* 2001: NASDA (Japan's national space agency) announced plans to perform additional research and prototyping by launching an experimental satellite with 10 kilowatts and 1 megawatt of power.[4][5]
* 2007: The US Pentagon's National Security Space Office (NSSO) issued a report[6] on October 10, 2007 stating they intend to collect solar energy from space for use on Earth to help the United States' ongoing relationship with the Middle East and the battle for oil. The International Space Station may be the first test ground for this new idea, even though it is in a low-earth orbit.
* 2007: In May 2007 a workshop was held in the USA at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to review the current state of the market and technology.[7]
* 2009: A new company from the US, Space Energy, Inc., announced plans to provide commercial space-based solar power. They say they have developed a "rock-solid business platform" and should be able to provide space-based solar power within a decade.[8]
* 2009: American company Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) announced it is seeking regulatory approval for an agreement with Solaren to buy 200 MW of solar power, starting in 2016, which Solaren has plans to provide via SBSP. PG&E spokesman Jonathan Marshall stated that "We've been very careful not to bear risk in this."[9][10][11]
* 2009: PowerSat Corporation filed a patent application concerning ganging multiple power satellites to form a single coherent microwave beam, and a mechanism to use the solar array to power ion thrusters to lift a power satellite from low Earth orbit to geostationary orbit.[12]
* 2009: Jaxa, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced plans to orbit solar power satellites that will transmit energy back to earth via microwaves. They hope to have the first prototype orbiting by 2030.[13]
* 2010: Europe's largest space company EADS Astrium plans to put a solar-collecting demo satellite in space.[14][15][16]
* 2010: Prof. Andrea Massa and Prof. Giorgio Franceschetti will organize a Special Session on the "Analysis of Electromagnetic Wireless Systems for Solar Power Transmission" at the 2010 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation.[17] |
