With all due respect, Keith, I've been hearing arguments like this for
50 years.
That's impressive hearing considering that the big, high efficiency lasers
that make this
concept possible have been around for less than 5 years.
This particular combination, I haven't heard for 50 years.
On 11/28/2012 7:05 PM, Keith Henson wrote:
In regard to Kevin B. O'Brien's comments, the Chinese are far more
likely to build propulsion lasers and power sats than the US. It's
possible they have already made the decision, see the recent
announcement about building power sats with the Indians.
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Dan Minette danmine...@att.net wrote:
snip
I was basically asking if you've been around the block. That's not an appeal
to authority, just the result of the observation that folks who've walked
the walk are more likely to be accurate the next time they talk
Twas in Last And First Men, by Olaf Stapledon, I think, where all future
civilizations had their power based upon alcohol. Nothing stored from the
past was left.
In a message dated 11/29/2012 12:58:45 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,
net_democr...@yahoo.com writes:
The
Yup, oil production is not as harmless as nuclear bomb tests.
It depends on how close you are to the nuclear bomb test. But, oil is
generally lower in radioactivity than bananas. If you are far enough away
from the test, then the radiation is so low, it's orders of magnitude below
what you get
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On 11/27/2012 5:18 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
Really cheap
I'm reading John Varley's Slow Apocalypse. The premise is that all
un-processed petroleum is destroyed by an act of bio-terrorism. In the
middle of it right now, but so far it's scaring the spit out of me.
john
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:26 PM, medieva...@aol.com wrote:
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Twas in Last And
The measure of a civilization could be said to be it's consumption of
energy and how it uses resources. Conspicuous v. sustainable...
At what point was civilization sustainable without depending on unknowable
innovations in the future? It would have to be before steel, because
blacksmithing
John Barnes' Directive 51 went it one better - ALL petroleum and petroleum
products. It did devolve into the question of whether it was a centrally
organized conspiracy, preferably from abroad, or a spontaneous movement; in
fact, the entire US splits over that question, thanks to a
I'm picking up Directive 51 from the NY Public Library in the next day or
two.
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Pat Mathews mathew...@msn.com wrote:
John Barnes' Directive 51 went it one better - ALL petroleum and
petroleum products. It did devolve into the question of whether it was a
The measure of a civilization could be said to be
its consumption of energy and how it uses resources.
Conspicuous v. sustainable...
Jon
From: medieva...@aol.com
Twas in Last And First Men, by Olaf Stapledon,
I think, where all future
civilizations had their power based upon
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The measure of a civilization could be said to be its consumption of
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