"David Ball" wrote in message
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Did they ever do any studies of what beaming all that power through
the atmosphere would do to things like the ozone layer and weather
patterns, or is it so small compared to what we get from the SUN that
it wouldn't make a difference.

Partly the latter. No affect on ozone, and since the frequency chosen is
one not readily absorbed by water vapor (for that very reason) shouldn't be
any significant affect on weather. There may be an affect on the ionosphere
which might annoy some ham radio operators, possibly.


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