Japanese contractor Shimizu's Luna Ring project would turn the moon into a giant solar-power-generating facility. Robots would build a 6,800-mile-long belt of solar panels 250 miles wide that would ring the moon's equator and collect solar energy. Transmission facilities would beam the power as microwave and laser energy to collecting stations on Earth.
Bad weather would not affect power generation and supply would be inexhaustible and pollution-free, according to Shimizu. Just try to ignore that ring around the moon where you're out for a romantic walk.
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