From: Paul Dietz (dietz@interaccess.com)
Date: Wed Jan 29 1997 - 15:49:20 MST
> I've heard this idea is bunk. Is it truely possible to transmit
energy?
The Tesla stuff is fool-bait, of course, but it is clearly possible to
transmit energy with electromagnetic beams. A flashlight and a
photocell is an inefficient example. An efficient example is a high
efficiency microwave transmitter and a rectifying antenna (this kind
of system has been proposed for transmitting power from orbiting
solar arrays to the ground, with a transmission efficiency in excess
of 80 to 90%.)
Paul
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