Comment by AnthonyMouse

> Or we could use all that "free solar energy" to benefit humanity through a million other more useful endeavors.

Please tell me where I can get unlimited solar panels for free. I'll rent a truck and be there straight away.

> One thing we do not lack is demand for more energy.

Market demand is the willingness and ability to pay money for something. If the demand was actually unlimited then why isn't there either a Dyson sphere around the sun already or a 0% unemployment rate from everyone having a job building one?