Spider-Man 2099's situation could only be described as "fail to plan ahead, and trouble will soon follow." He could not foresee what changes this technological exchange would bring to his world, or whether they would be good or bad. But the technology Peter had brought could draw energy directly from the sun.
Did he have a choice? In truth, no.
The rich people's space stations also had solar technology, of course, but it was nowhere near as efficient or inexpensive. The low cost was what mattered. Iron Man in Peter's universe had spared no expense in driving down the cost of Mercury solar extraction machines, freeing up more funding for his Materials Science research.
The more expensive materials research was, the more economical the Mercury outposts had to be. Even more terrifyingly, a certain Eastern Great Nation had made this technology not only cheap, but easy to assemble and quick to deploy. Ideally, while everyone else was still struggling through their first playthrough, they had already speedrun five.
Of course, the nations of Earth had all taken different paths as well. Some believed bigger was better, some preferred portability, some thought the sun should be mined more deeply, and some had fallen for other stars instead.
But regardless, technology advanced through trial and error. By the time it reached Spider-Man 2099, it had become an irresistible feast. The price of admission was merely some space station technology; even if the poor kept that technology, they had no energy to run it.
Since that was the case, why not trade? As for technological barriers or later maintenance issues, when the fire was already at their eyebrows, who still cared about their nose?
Thus, the first step of the Multiverse Dispatch Plan was successfully taken. Just as Peter Parker was explaining the