Charles Miller has proposed legislation be passed similar to that in Germany which provides that the utilities have to buy solar power at a high per kWh rate for a limited amount and pass on the cost to their customers. We are still tuning the economic model, for one thing, we are still trying to reach a consensus that $350 billion is enough to finance the operation through profitability . I have been trying to draft something that makes an international cooperative possible. Try this for size. Please comment.
"International provisions "It is in the national interest of the United States for all countries to have access to abundant, low cost, renewable energy, particularly non nuclear energy. "Therefore the market guarantee provisions of this legislation are open on a reciprocal basis to companies based in any country that enacts provisions essential identical market guarantees to those in the above financing model for the purchase of space based solar energy. "Because world wide energy security contributes greatly to US national security, it is the intent of this legislation to remove barriers to shared technology to solve shared energy problems. In particular, all technologies related to space based solar power are exempted from ITAR." Keith _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
