Solar power: not the brightest idea: while it is true that the sun sends more energy to Earth than humans could ever need, the problems associated with harnessing this energy make solar power very impractical.(ENERGY)

With "free energy" shining down, it should be expected people would want to harness solar energy to replace polluting sources of electricity. Is this possible? Yes, but the question is not whether some source of energy could provide the amount of energy necessary to fuel our energy-driven economy, but whether or not it is a practical solution for providing electrical energy sufficient for industry. After all, even moonbeams have energy and, with a sufficiently large and efficient collection and generation system, energy could be harnessed from moonbeams. But it's not practical to do so, one reason being that the collection panels would have to be huge. The problem with ...