The "What": A New Architecture for a Proven Path

The "Direct Path" is a pragmatic roadmap for a global clean energy network. It is not a futuristic dream; it's a monumental engineering project built on connecting "stress-tested," high-readiness technologies in a new way.Rated 65-80% on the NASA readiness scale

While real-world projects have proven the components, the "Direct Path" provides the novel architecture that links them. This architecture is a 3-step process:

1. THE HYBRID FURNACE (The Source): This is the "Hybrid Super-Plant". It combines two power sources at the volcanic site:

• The Geothermal Furnace: The 24/7 baseload power from an Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS), a technology proven by projects like the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Utah FORGE

• The Solar Farm: A co-located solar array that provides supplemental power and, more importantly, ensures a redundant and perfectly stable energy supply for the transmitter This hybrid system doesn't power a local town; it powers the new Ground Transmitter Station

2.                  THE LADDER (The Uplink): This is the key to solving the atmospheric "plasma shield" problem The Ground Transmitter beams its power not to space, but 20km up to a High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS)  This long-endurance drone, flying above 95% of the atmosphere, "catches" the beam with a rectenna and re-transmits it  This two-step "ladder" is the simple, safe, and brilliant solution that solves the massive physics problem of atmospheric breakdown , preventing the beam from losing its energy.

3.                  THE GLOBAL HUB (The Relay): From the HAPS, the power is safely beamed to the Geostationary Relay Satellite  This is the final hub, using beam-transmitting technology (proven in orbit by Caltech's MAPLE experiment and cooled by advanced "Origami" radiators This hub can then deliver power to any ground-based rectenna  across the globe or even to the Moon

This (Furnace -> Ladder -> Hub) architecture is the true innovation. It takes proven, disconnected technologies and unites them into a single, viable, global network.

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Disclaimer & Clarification

​The "Direct Path" is a conceptual framework and feasibility plan developed by author Sarah Jo Cooper as a "pattern-finder's contribution" to inspire new solutions for clean energy.

​Please note:

• ​All blueprints and diagrams on this page (like the "Hybrid Furnace" or "HAPS Ladder") are conceptual models created for illustrative and inspirational purposes only. They are not formal engineering schematics.

• ​References to, and links to, real-world organizations such as NASA, the Utah FORGE project, the HAPS Alliance, and Caltech are included to highlight the real, groundbreaking work that makes this conceptual plan feasible.

• ​This project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or in partnership with any of these organizations. All trademarks and names belong to their respective owners.

• ​This content is offered freely to the public to help, inspire, and promote discussion among the brilliant engineers, scientists, and companies who are building the future.

· The "Why": A Mission to Solve a Shared Crisis

    This project began with a single, driving question: how can we solve our planet's energy crisis and its pollution crisis at the same time?

    The story in "10,000 Reasons Why It Might" is a work of "real-world service fiction," but the problem it addresses is tragically real. While the book's "Classified Dossier" was designed to introduce this topic to young readers  the adult-facing data is even more stark.

    It's estimated that 8 million people die prematurely every year from air pollution. This isn't a distant problem; it's a silent pandemic that affects us all. The sky has no borders. This is a shared crisis that demands a shared, scalable solution.

This feasibility plan, "The Direct Path," is offered as that solution