[AR] Re: Way off topic
- From: Keith Henson <hkeithhenson@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 00:00:44 -0700
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 10:08 PM, Bill Claybaugh <wclaybaugh2@xxxxxxxxxx>
(Keith)
>> Really. It's economic. 4000 km and the cost of shipping no cost
>> power is up to more than generating the power from coal.
>
> And this will never change?
Fully aware that it might. One of the many business risks for power
satellites is cheap fusion or LENR if that is real.
> You are the guy talking about trillion dollar investments as if they were
> everyday events.....
It's not that much. $30-60 B to become profitable, not counting the
Skylon development.
> As has already been pointed out, a power cable from Iceland to Britain is in
> work.
According to the articles, it's still being looked at to see if it
makes sense. I can see why they are still looking. It's only one GW
and the estimated cost is 4 billion pounds or about $6 B. That's
$6000 per kW. The LCOE is around 7.5 cents per kWh just for the
transmission capital cost. The UK government is scrambling for
anything that does not put more carbon in the air.
> Are you certain you understand the current economics?
No. Do you?
> Are you certain that no improvement will *ever* occur?
That's what power satellites are supposed to be.
Keith
(Last post on this subject for a while. This is off topic even for
me. Take to email if you want.)
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