Will Obama pursue space-based solar power? - Short Sharp Science - New Scientist

Could power beamed to Earth from space solve our energy problems? Advocates of space-based solar power may find a receptive ear in the Obama administration.

Idiot Leonardo DiCaprio weighs in

He narrated, “I had my own crash course, education-wise. I got to meet Al Gore in the White House while he was vice president. He talked to me about global warming and actually sat me down for an hour and said, ‘This is the biggest issue that’s going to face humanity … I started to educate myself in that … Science was still fudgy at the time because you still had some people saying, does global warming exist? Now we know that over 93 percent of the scientific community believes that it is happening. The other seven percent may argue that it’s not a reality but you have to question their intentions—who finances them?”