Executive Summary........................................................................................................ 227 Preamble.......................................................................................................................... 229 Introduction.....................................................................................................................230 Basis for Action.............................................................................................................. 231 United Nations and NGO Recommendations..................................................232 Energy, the Environment, and Civilization..................................................... 233 Energy Demand and Trends.............................................................................235 Reserves vs. Resources..................................................................................... 236 Sources of Energy..............................................................................................238 The Technologies............................................................................................................ 241 Wireless Power Transmission...........................................................................241 Power Relay Satellites...................................................................................... 241 Solar Power Satellites....................................................................................... 243 The Building Blocks....................................................................................................... 248 Level Playing Field for Evaluation of Energy Systems...................................249 Cost of Energy...................................................................................................250 Rural Electrification......................................................................................... 252 African Power Grid.......................................................................................... 253 Renewable Systems.......................................................................................... 254 A Hydrogen Energy System Economy............................................................ 256 North Africa Solar Hydrogen Farms................................................................258 Solar Fuels........................................................................................................ 259 Solar Energy Systems for Industrialization.................................................................... 261 Approaches to Commercialization..................................................................................261 Government Programs...................................................................................... 261 Terracing or Evolution..................................................................................... 262 Multinational Networked Enterprises..............................................................262 Approaches to Commercialization..................................................................................264 Frequency Allocation....................................................................................... 264 Orbital Slots......................................................................................................264 Centers for Sustainable Development..............................................................265 Energy Farms....................................................................................................265 Equatorial SpacePort........................................................................................ 265 Equatorial Logistics Center..............................................................................266 North-South Partnerships................................................................................................266 Means of Implementation................................................................................................267 Technopolis Concepts for Developing Countries............................................ 269 The Other Path..................................................................................................270 Financing Initatives - Energy as Foreign Exchange.......................................270 Conditions for Implementation........................................................................ 271 Conclusions.....................................................................................................................272 Acknowledgments........................................................................................................... 274 Notes............................................................................................................................... 274 Bibliography................................................................................................................... 275
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