As the wait for the electric car enters its 13th month, my concerns for our fragile planet remain significant. With my level rising from ‘whatever’ to ‘hmmmm’ with the last raise of world temperature. But I can’t save the entire planet, all the whales, the Brazilian rainforest, just with one car. So boffins have come up with a brilliant invention.

They’re sending up a satellite. I know, ‘space’ is awash with fucking satellites, its like the M25 for satellites up there, but wait. This one consists of 2 massive ‘reflectors’ which catch the sun’s rays. It’s easy up there, no clouds. Thinking of using it for our next holiday. And then the rays are fed to a transmitter which converts the radiation to microwaves and beams them down to planet earth, drifting below. And although they always tell you microwaves are dangerous and cause horrible things like death, these ones are different. And they will be stored as energy to heat our homes and light up the world. All for free. Though granted, there are some ‘set up costs’.

The transmitter and the concept is British, obviously (?), because we’re good at ‘space’. Other than rockets. But the reflectors are being made by the Saudis. A nation so innovative in ‘green technology’ that they’re currently building a ‘green city’ out there in the desert. I’m thinking ‘solar power’ but I could be wrong. Thus we’re getting them to help.

Negotiations are therefore taking place as to whether this new energy source, once up and running, will be allowed to power the houses of gay people. Will women be allowed to turn on the lights if there’s not a man in the house? But I appreciate these are minor technicalities which will be ironed out.

They didn’t say how much energy will be produced. Would it power the City of Birmingham for a month? Or heat half a kettle in Wiltshire? We need to know more. But its very exiting nonetheless.

Happy Tuesday

A xxxx