[omnomynous]

Can't we just set up an orbital solar panel array beyond the space debris field, have it always rotate to point at the sun 24/7, and just get a really big extension cord to connect back to earth, and call it a day?

Look, if we're gonna spend a gorgillion dollars we don't have, let's at least be efficient with it. We're engineers, damnit!

[more_corn]

I know you're being sarcastic, but please don't use the "just" word to talk about trillion dollar infrastructure projects that require product-ionizing thus-far theoretical technologies.