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What is so significant about that to me is that is how I thought Glassing looked while reading the Halo books,
I agree, and actually like it more than the silly beam thingy But I'd say they're both glassing.
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Posted by: Onyx81
Speaking of Which, is there any explanation, of how generators on a planet can power something in space?
Remote power transfer. It's either a real technology that's being researched or I read something about its applications in the Halo universe, perhaps both. It's not one of the most far-fetched parts of the Halo lore.
You can beam power with microwaves, I'm pretty sure there's companies working on it now. Here in California one of our utilities is seeking approval for Space Based Solar, and I believe Japan is also moving forward. The technology has been demonstrated 'horizontally' on the ground IIRC.
There's still some inefficiency, so it's possible that pumping enough energy through the atmosphere that way would bad side effects. For example, using the .5 C number for SMACs, at 99% efficiency 20 of them would dump around 200 gigatons of energy per second into the atmosphere.
[Edited on 11.26.2010 5:32 PM PST]