>>13373131Any power transmission laser will blind people if it hits them in the eyes. Instantly vaporise their eyeballs.
Clouds aren't an issue. Just build receiver stations where there aren't clouds like deserts.
You could build solar stations in sunny places but orbital solar collectors would have many advantages over them. Mainly less downtime due to nighttime and higher irradiance.
Not really arguing that space elevators and so on are even a good idea for energy production to begin with.
