Pat Flannery wrote:
wrote:

Of course, we have to envisage tangible products for a *short time* in
advance, so we can order parts.



In that case you had better tell Energia to start cranking up their
production line for these things, as you're going to need something like
these to build them with: http://www.buran.ru/htm/38-3.htm#vulkan

Pat

I think we should build in orbit a giant solar windmill, powered of
course by the solar wind. Attach a small generator to it and * bingo*
instant energy.

The breeze from the windmill would also cool the earth and solve the
global warming problem.


* i dunno how I thought of this - it just sort of evolved *