On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:59:45 -0500, "John Scheldroup"
wrote:

AFAIK, a charged-particle beam weapon that could also transmit power from
LEO solar farm high above stationary earth to a ground based collector is
one other likely scenario.

Actually, the sun emits lots of radio waves ... and you
can set up an antenna and use a bridge rectifier ....

Even better, usually, is a tuned circuit with tuned antenna
for 60 or 120 Hz (probably mostly US technology only).
--
Cliff