Japan's Clean Energy Plan, Beam Solar Energy to Earth From The Moon

[Neil]

Different Japanese.  Peoples change.  After all, the Americans of the 40s were still capable of great things.

Like their creation of the United Nations.

Well, I'm not so sure about that.  That's been pretty much a wash, it seems to me.  It hasn't done much damage, but it hasn't done much good either.

[DontSayBanana]

I'm still confused.  What's "engery," Tim?

[Monoriu]

I've finally figured it out.  It is actually a weapon system in disguise.  They kinda announced it in the original Gundam made more than 30 years ago -

Solar System/Solar System II
The Solar System II Based on the weapon devised by ancient inventor Archimedes, the Solar System, also called Solar Flare System, is a superweapon developed by the Earth Federation which uses a system of mirrors to focus sunlight onto an object in order to heat it to the point of fracture. The Federation used this weapon twice, once during the One Year War and again during the Delaz Fleet crisis.

The Battle of Solomon: The Earth Federation deploys its 1st Solar System array at Solomon which decimates the base's Primary Gate and all ships and mobile suits docked there. During the battle, Dozle Zabi attempted to destroy the system but was killed by Amuro Ray. The weapon consists of four million individually adjustable mirrors that are controlled by computer-coordination.