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Every hour, more energy from the sun reaches us than we earthlings use in an entire year. To try and save a lot more of it, one idea is to build giant solar farms in space that will collect some of the higher intensity, uninterrupted solar radiation. Giant mirrors would reflect huge amounts of solar rays onto smaller solar collectors. This energy would then be wirelessly beamed to Earth as either a microwave or laser beam. One of the main reasons this amazing idea is still just an idea is because it’s, big surprise, very expensive. But it could become a reality in the not so distant future as our solar technology develops, and the cost of launching cargo into space comes way down, thanks to the work of companies like Space X.