RE: Authority of the marketplace?

[John D. Giorgis]

At 02:16 PM 7/18/01 +0200 Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM wrote:
>Yes, so? I can imagine it would be useful to colonize Mars, but I don't see
>any practical use for a Great Wall from Seattle to Boston.

It woudl generate an awful lot of tourism.

Plus, it would make one hell of a roller-blade course.

Yeah, there's some benefits - but nowheres near the cost.   Which is
exactly my point about the Mission to Mars.   Not everything that has
benefits gets done - for good reason.   Which also happens to be exactly my
point about environmentalism.

JDG
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