Asteroid Mining Electrical Energy

Electrical energy generation falls into the following 3 categories:

  1. Nuclear
  2. Chemical
  3. Solar

The option of using stored energy (batteries) is a form of chemical.

The solution is to use all 3 methods in varying degrees. Store energy captured using Solar in betteries using Chemical, with Nuclear providing a fall back or top-up to Solar.

The Power Pack alternatives are Chemical or Nuclear solutions. Solar takes in to much area to be usable as this.

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Last updated - 12th March 2007
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