Jan Coffey wrote: > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 6/7/2003 2:36:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > In addition, how does this all work? where does the energy to power the > > > humans come from? We get out energy from food, which inevitably get's > > it's > > > energy from Sol. So in the story, where does the energy for > > > the food come > > > from? > > > > Using humans or any other animal as an energy source is of course foolish > > since the energy needed to create a human is far greater than the energy > > that the human can generate. You could run machines on plants thus > > converting sunlight into complex carbohydrates that can be used as fuel. > > But why bother with this - just use mechanical devices to collect solar > > energy. > > > > Sorry the sun has gone out, or, so says Morpheus, but he has been wrong > before hasn't he? > > I believe the story to be much thicker than most give it credit for...but > hay, I give Keyono much more credit as an actor than many as well.
We shall have to wait and see. I hope they come up with something original. > My opinion, the sun didn't go out, or if it did the machines are not > enslaving mankind. IIRC, the sun is still there, but they have some kind of nuclear winter. > My guess, mankind no-longer exists as humanoids, or if they are, they > "escaped" into the matrix. Or were put their to facilitate a long voyage. like _The Gods Themselves_ by Asimov? -- Matt _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
