I just viewed Paul Gilding: The Earth Is Full. I like that he didn’t specifically mention space-based solar power as a response to our present human predicament. But to achieve a righting of human civilization with respect to natural resources is going to take a huge amount of energy and that means going directly to the sun to get it. Like Fermat, the margin is too small for the proof!

War must end. Competition must end. Waste must end.

Peace must begin. Cooperation must begin. Bounty must begin.

Individual exploration must begin. Colonization of space must begin.

Capitalism must end. Poverty must end. Greed must end.

Selflessness must begin. Equality must begin. Compassion must begin.

Being rich must end. Being poor must end. Premature death must end.

Clean free energy must begin. Naturalism must begin.

Life must begin, again.

John Pontious 8/21/2011

Awaken and Rise

Cease, for a moment, in all your works, all you men and women of Earth. Mark your name upon this foundation, the New Age of Humanity! Affirm and make known to all your commitment to a world that has abundant and free clean energy, air, food, and water. A world able to use its wisdom to provide these necessary elements for life. A world where money does not equal worth. A world committed to equality, individual liberties, and a population allowed to find meaning and happiness in life.

Humankind has become enslaved by war, toil, poverty, and the rule of despots, the rich, and the influential.

The workers, the poor, the forgotten, the common, and the dreamers of a better world must awaken and rise up to speak with one righteous and mighty voice for peace, justice, equality, and life itself!

Awaken and Rise, all you who would show compassion and understanding to your fellow human beings. Awaken and Rise, all you who feel a change in your heart. Awaken and Rise, all who feel the burden of a world gone wrong, a people heading for extinction, a planet beginning to die.

Awaken and Rise!

Shake off the shackles that hold your heart. Sign this petition for the survival of humanity. Read and question the manifesto” Free Energy Now, the Ultimate Human Right”. In this document you will find a path to follow and a plan for a sustainable world in which war and poverty are unknown and free clean energy for life is humanity’s gift to her people. Link to the site http://www.johnpnts.wordpress.com and share this idea and plan for humanity with your friends. Remember that you are one with humanity. Our responsibility in this time of turmoil and environmental crisis has never been greater.

Awaken and Rise!

Expecting decisive action from politicians on anything of importance these days seems a bit too much to wish for. My opinion is that the U.S. Government should use taxpayer dollars to do at least some of the preliminary research to prove that space-based solar power is a viable endeavor. The U.S. Government should also spend some of our hard-earned money creating an environment to encourage private-sector development and deployment of space-based solar power. The precedents for such public-private efforts I see cited most often are the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 and the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. Let’s hope we don’t have to wait until 2062 to see a SunSat Act (as outlined by the Space Solar Power Workshop at Georgia Tech) passed.

As for ideas on a path or paths forward, if you haven’t read it already, you might find the recent IAA report, The First International Assessment of Space Solar Power:Opportunities, Issues and Potential Pathways Forward, of interest.

Thanks for taking time to enter the discussion about space-based solar power here.