Japan eyes solar station in space- current events Science

Global warming and energy shortage may soon be solved!!!This might sound crazy but by 2030 we might be collecting solar power from space. Japans space agency wants to collect power from space and zap it down to earth using eaither microwaves or lasers. This might reduce the cost of electricity in Japan to eight yen (cents) per kilowatt-hour, 6 times the current cost in Japan.This will sure help lower the electricity bill in my house. One of the project participants at Mitsubishi heavy industries wrote in a report "Since solar power is a clean inexhaustible energy source, we believe that this system will be able to solve the problems of energy shortage and global warming." So not only does the price of electricity decrease this may solve the problems of energy shortage and global warming. I sure hope this works out. So that maybe in the future, cars and other stuff could be powered by this source of energy. I am kind of alarmed at the words 'laser' and 'microwave' along with 1,000 people questioned. However, this will be a huge leap in science and will affect everyone. The challenges are numerous but eventually I really think this could come true.

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