Having driven up to the moors above Buxton last week in the hope of being able to view the Aurora (the hemispheric power was forecast to be 128GW), unfortunately by the time I got there it was too misty to see anything. It did however, get me thinking as to whether we would ever be in a position to develop the technology and the cost being economically viable to harvest solar flares? How likely is this in the future, is it a pipe dream or something that could be a realistic possiblity and if so how far off do you think its likely to be?
