For David Brin and the rest of you

2013-09-04 Thread Keith Henson
As of last April, there seems to be a solution to the energy/carbon/climate problems, even water. Relatively cheap, less than ten dollars a person. It's long been understood that solar power from space gets around the limitations on the Earth. The problem has always been the high cost of

RE: For David Brin and the rest of you

2013-09-04 Thread Pat Mathews
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 10:10:33 -0700 Subject: For David Brin and the rest of you From: hkeithhen...@gmail.com To: brin-l@mccmedia.com As of last April, there seems to be a solution to the energy/carbon/climate problems, even water. Relatively cheap, less than ten dollars a person.

Re: For David Brin and the rest of you

2013-09-04 Thread ALBERTO VIEIRA FERREIRA MONTEIRO
Even if these things were economically viable (which they probably ain't), ambientally it would be a disaster. I can't image the Earth getting such extra amount of radiant energy and not turning it (she? Gaia?) into a hell much worse than the most pessimistic images of the most radical ecogroups.

Re: For David Brin and the rest of you

2013-09-04 Thread David Hobby
On 9/4/2013 4:40 PM, ALBERTO VIEIRA FERREIRA MONTEIRO wrote: Even if these things were economically viable (which they probably ain't), ambientally it would be a disaster. I can't image the Earth getting such extra amount of radiant energy and not turning it (she? Gaia?) into a hell much worse