On: Nuclear fusion is 'a question of when, not if'

[dTal → FroshKiller]

I have two questions:

1) Why would you select a frequency that water absorbs?

2) Who gets to be in charge of aiming the orbital death ray?

[FroshKiller → dTal]

1) Microwave transmission has been practically demonstrated for decades and is less dangerous than lasers.

2) I mean not for nothing, whoever gets their reactor and satellite in orbit first.

[pygy_ → FroshKiller]

Even if you just bounce it back to space, that would generate heat on Earth. Whatever we do with that energy will generate entropy. Our economy already produces too much entropy (in the form of pollution and ecosystem destruction, on top of bare heat) for the biosphere to cope with.

[gerardnll → FroshKiller]

That reminded me of the game ‘deliver us the moon’