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Representative Questions

1.) Explain how a SPS system might be used as a military threat.

2.) Discuss the potential public reaction to being exposed to microwave radiation far below any known biological effects but 100 times above the background levels.

3.) Are there any precedents in the U. S. for "fencing off" ~ 200 km² of land which excludes human intrusion?

4.) What is the thermal energy load to the Earth, per kWh of electricity produced, from a SPS system and how does that compare to the thermal load from coal and fission.