When I was growing up I poured over books discussing space travel and exploration, fiction and non-fiction alike, and I dreamed of being an astronaut. I wasn’t out playing cricket with other boys, I was playing rockets in my imagination.

It’s no wonder I find prospects such as space based solar power extremely attractive. At a visceral level they appeal to my space-based techno lust and at an intellectual level to my desire for a sliver bullet solution to fix the climate problem.

However its not worth betting on any single solution because the stakes are too high if we’re wrong. We need to pursue all real technology options (such as solar micro power generation) along with emission mitigation (for example, carbon geo-sequestation) and reduction strategies (such as energy efficiencies lighting).

This is urgent and complex and difficult. There’s no lone ranger coming to save us. We need to save ourselves and each other.

Nothing is more important.