Comments on: Japanese Corporation Plans to Turn the Moon Into a Massive Solar Power Plant http://inhabitat.com/japanese-corporation-plans-to-turn-the-moon-into-a-massive-solar-power-plant/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 25 May 2013 08:49:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: MarkmBha http://inhabitat.com/japanese-corporation-plans-to-turn-the-moon-into-a-massive-solar-power-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-506630 MarkmBha Wed, 15 May 2013 11:40:16 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=257405#comment-506630 Really C R A Z Y !! Really C R A Z Y !!

]]> By: Akhil Kumar http://inhabitat.com/japanese-corporation-plans-to-turn-the-moon-into-a-massive-solar-power-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-418419 Akhil Kumar Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:51:58 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=257405#comment-418419 Its Impossible? So were many other things. Maybe not with the current technology but we can do this in time. The concept is just amazing. Its Impossible? So were many other things. Maybe not with the current technology but we can do this in time. The concept is just amazing.

]]> By: Bradley Davis http://inhabitat.com/japanese-corporation-plans-to-turn-the-moon-into-a-massive-solar-power-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-397556 Bradley Davis Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:14:11 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=257405#comment-397556 Aren't solar panels highly reflective also? So if they were able to build this, wouldn't it be glaring the sun's reflection back at us? Aren’t solar panels highly reflective also? So if they were able to build this, wouldn’t it be glaring the sun’s reflection back at us?

]]> By: artfox9 http://inhabitat.com/japanese-corporation-plans-to-turn-the-moon-into-a-massive-solar-power-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-389806 artfox9 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:13:53 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=257405#comment-389806 what about Thorium Reactors. Proven technology with i/3 of radioactive waste that has a short half life. Also thorium burns so hot that it can be used to incinerate conventinal nuclear waste. Also, in the case of a disaster a Thorium reactor can be quickly shit down. Here's the bit that Greenies wont like. Yes, you have to mine the Thorium. Norway is already stock piling Thorium and is currently testing a small scale reactor. The good news is Thorium is an abundant element. what about Thorium Reactors. Proven technology with i/3 of radioactive waste that has a short half life. Also thorium burns so hot that it can be used to incinerate conventinal nuclear waste. Also, in the case of a disaster a Thorium reactor can be quickly shit down. Here’s the bit that Greenies wont like. Yes, you have to mine the Thorium. Norway is already stock piling Thorium and is currently testing a small scale reactor. The good news is Thorium is an abundant element.

]]> By: genesis_cat http://inhabitat.com/japanese-corporation-plans-to-turn-the-moon-into-a-massive-solar-power-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-342559 genesis_cat Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:47:35 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=257405#comment-342559 The main thing I'm wondering is who owns the moon? Since the U.S. landed first, does this give us "squatter's rights" to the land? If someone were to set-up something like solar panels on the moon, would they charge a fee to use the power generated from it? I guess they would, but again, who really owns the moon? The main thing I’m wondering is who owns the moon? Since the U.S. landed first, does this give us “squatter’s rights” to the land? If someone were to set-up something like solar panels on the moon, would they charge a fee to use the power generated from it? I guess they would, but again, who really owns the moon?

]]> By: 42jaiwan http://inhabitat.com/japanese-corporation-plans-to-turn-the-moon-into-a-massive-solar-power-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-342164 42jaiwan Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:15:33 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=257405#comment-342164 Quote: Seeing as we can’t get robots to drive our cars yet, how can we expect them to build an entire solar farm on the moon? – Pretty interesting question, but if I were to answer it I'd say you're correct in saying that no, robots cant drive our cars yet, but we can drive the robots.... Quote: Seeing as we can’t get robots to drive our cars yet, how can we expect them to build an entire solar farm on the moon?

– Pretty interesting question, but if I were to answer it I’d say you’re correct in saying that no, robots cant drive our cars yet, but we can drive the robots….

]]> By: 42jaiwan http://inhabitat.com/japanese-corporation-plans-to-turn-the-moon-into-a-massive-solar-power-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-342163 42jaiwan Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:08:59 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=257405#comment-342163 Quote: Seeing as we can’t get robots to drive our cars yet, how can we expect them to build an entire solar farm on the moon? - Pretty interesting question, but if I were to Quote: Seeing as we can’t get robots to drive our cars yet, how can we expect them to build an entire solar farm on the moon?

– Pretty interesting question, but if I were to

]]> By: Eric Hunting http://inhabitat.com/japanese-corporation-plans-to-turn-the-moon-into-a-massive-solar-power-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-341248 Eric Hunting Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:33:08 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=257405#comment-341248 Feasibility aside, this is the same Shimizu corporation that has been proposing dozens of such concepts going back to the 1960s. The Try 2004 pyramid arcology, one of the early space hotel concepts, various moon base concepts, various marine settlement concepts, and many alternative urban development concepts. Most recently, they've been hawking the Green Float marine skyscraper concept, also seen on this blog. Some of these ideas have been more practical or possible than others. But, unfortunately, they treat these all in exactly the same way car companies treat concept cars. They're simply exploiting futurist concepts as a form of marketing to make their commercial construction company seem forward-thinking. All they have ever produced with them is some nice images with which to attract media attention -which, thanks to journalists' short attention spans, they get over and over again. In these many decades, they have never actually done anything toward realizing any one of them -have had no intention to. This lunar solar plant is one of their older and more frequently recycled concepts. No matter how many times it's trotted out, it's treated like it was brand new. There are kids books from the 60s depicting this idea. Shimizu is a large corporation that has built a lot of big architecture around the world -though nothing particularly radical or novel. (unless you want to count the peculiar Huis Ten Bosch) They have long had the means to get any of these concepts to some kind of critical mass of development. But they never do. They don't really care to. Feasibility aside, this is the same Shimizu corporation that has been proposing dozens of such concepts going back to the 1960s. The Try 2004 pyramid arcology, one of the early space hotel concepts, various moon base concepts, various marine settlement concepts, and many alternative urban development concepts. Most recently, they’ve been hawking the Green Float marine skyscraper concept, also seen on this blog. Some of these ideas have been more practical or possible than others. But, unfortunately, they treat these all in exactly the same way car companies treat concept cars. They’re simply exploiting futurist concepts as a form of marketing to make their commercial construction company seem forward-thinking. All they have ever produced with them is some nice images with which to attract media attention -which, thanks to journalists’ short attention spans, they get over and over again. In these many decades, they have never actually done anything toward realizing any one of them -have had no intention to. This lunar solar plant is one of their older and more frequently recycled concepts. No matter how many times it’s trotted out, it’s treated like it was brand new. There are kids books from the 60s depicting this idea. Shimizu is a large corporation that has built a lot of big architecture around the world -though nothing particularly radical or novel. (unless you want to count the peculiar Huis Ten Bosch) They have long had the means to get any of these concepts to some kind of critical mass of development. But they never do. They don’t really care to.

]]> By: echo http://inhabitat.com/japanese-corporation-plans-to-turn-the-moon-into-a-massive-solar-power-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-340264 echo Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:33:03 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=257405#comment-340264 Why can't we leave nature alone. Has anyone thought about the repercussions of altering our moon? Already micro waves are put in the same category with other cancer causing devices. Are the Japanese really that good in supplying efficient safe power? Why can’t we leave nature alone. Has anyone thought about the repercussions of altering our moon?
Already micro waves are put in the same category with other cancer causing devices.
Are the Japanese really that good in supplying efficient safe power?

]]> By: spazzwig http://inhabitat.com/japanese-corporation-plans-to-turn-the-moon-into-a-massive-solar-power-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-340138 spazzwig Thu, 02 Jun 2011 08:40:53 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=257405#comment-340138 Quote: "With NASA’s plans to return the moon currently on hold" -- I just stepped outside to check, and despite what NASA might think the moon is definitely up there. (sorry, the typo gave me a chuckle...) Quote: “With NASA’s plans to return the moon currently on hold”

– I just stepped outside to check, and despite what NASA might think the moon is definitely up there. (sorry, the typo gave me a chuckle…)

]]> By: Milieunet http://inhabitat.com/japanese-corporation-plans-to-turn-the-moon-into-a-massive-solar-power-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-339292 Milieunet Tue, 31 May 2011 07:48:28 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=257405#comment-339292 This is just dreaming. Costs will be too high, problems too big. Energy Japanese Corporation Plans to Turn the Moon Into a Massive Solar Power Plant by Timon Singh, 05/30/11 filed under: News, Renewable Energy, Solar Power Man hasn’t been back to the moon since 1972, but that hasn’t stopped a team of Japanese engineers from developing a plan to turn our celestial neighbor into a massive solar power plant. The disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power station has made Japan think more seriously about alternative energy, and as a result Shimizu Corporation‘s crazy plan has been gaining traction. The plan calls for a massive 12 mile-wide, 6,800 mile long “Luna Ring” of solar panels to be constructed on the moon’s surface. The solar belt would then harness solar power directly from the sun and then beam it straight to Earth via microwaves and lasers. Shimizu Corporation has many of this kind of plans. This is just dreaming. Costs will be too high, problems too big.
Energy
Japanese Corporation Plans to Turn the Moon Into a Massive Solar Power Plant
by Timon Singh, 05/30/11
filed under: News, Renewable Energy, Solar Power

Man hasn’t been back to the moon since 1972, but that hasn’t stopped a team of Japanese engineers from developing a plan to turn our celestial neighbor into a massive solar power plant. The disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power station has made Japan think more seriously about alternative energy, and as a result Shimizu Corporation‘s crazy plan has been gaining traction. The plan calls for a massive 12 mile-wide, 6,800 mile long “Luna Ring” of solar panels to be constructed on the moon’s surface. The solar belt would then harness solar power directly from the sun and then beam it straight to Earth via microwaves and lasers. Shimizu Corporation has many of this kind of plans.

]]> By: Teresa @PDXsays Boze http://inhabitat.com/japanese-corporation-plans-to-turn-the-moon-into-a-massive-solar-power-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-339143 Teresa @PDXsays Boze Mon, 30 May 2011 19:37:09 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=257405#comment-339143 This won't happen on the consumer-2-consumer level of folks tooling around to work and school and shopping. This will be the next step for industrial: Space. Although we haven't implemented doesn't mean that the know-how doesn't exist. It just means there hasn't been a return on it worth implementing, something someone could build a business model around. Such a model that markets would support would be part of proofing an, "...ultimate source of green energy that brings prosperity to nature as well as our lives." This won’t happen on the consumer-2-consumer level of folks tooling around to work and school and shopping. This will be the next step for industrial: Space.

Although we haven’t implemented doesn’t mean that the know-how doesn’t exist. It just means there hasn’t been a return on it worth implementing, something someone could build a business model around.

Such a model that markets would support would be part of proofing an, “…ultimate source of green energy that brings prosperity to nature as well as our lives.”

]]> By: Lyze http://inhabitat.com/japanese-corporation-plans-to-turn-the-moon-into-a-massive-solar-power-plant/comment-page-1/#comment-339122 Lyze Mon, 30 May 2011 18:41:54 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=257405#comment-339122 There is only one slight problem with this. Solar panels aren't the strongest thing, and even if they were, the Moon doesn't have an atmosphere with which to protect the panels from the millions of micro-meteoroids that would normally be burnt up in Earth's atmosphere. Even with the installation on the near side of the Moon, which regularly sees less impacts than the far side, due to Earth's effect, it would still present a serious problem. Additionally, the cost of this is likely to be so exorbitant that if we merely invested that power into fusion research, we'd have the prototype power plant they are predicting by 2040 twenty years earlier, and from there it would take less than a decade to have working fusion power across the globe. There is only one slight problem with this. Solar panels aren’t the strongest thing, and even if they were, the Moon doesn’t have an atmosphere with which to protect the panels from the millions of micro-meteoroids that would normally be burnt up in Earth’s atmosphere. Even with the installation on the near side of the Moon, which regularly sees less impacts than the far side, due to Earth’s effect, it would still present a serious problem. Additionally, the cost of this is likely to be so exorbitant that if we merely invested that power into fusion research, we’d have the prototype power plant they are predicting by 2040 twenty years earlier, and from there it would take less than a decade to have working fusion power across the globe.

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