I'm a little skeptical on this. There have been so many rosy forecasts over
the years for fusion, and they never seem to pan out.
Fusion is 30 years away, and always will be.
I'm well aware of this statement, and it's held true so far -- but to date
people have focused on tokamak fusion devices,
I am not optimistic that this will be done. If this or some other
really huge supply of primary energy is not found, we are going to be
in for some nasty times. The other way the energy crisis will be
solved is for the world population to fall to about a billion.
so we face either a
At 09:19 PM Wednesday 7/23/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Jul 23, 2008, at 8:31 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
Some of us get it. But not enough, not by far, not yet ..
Is there any other way to help them to get it than to keep
reminding them?
. . . ronn! :)
Now on that, I will
At 02:39 AM Thursday 7/24/2008, Curtis Burisch wrote:
It's an unstable situation, implying change. One way or another it will sort
itself out.
For what it's worth, I'm pretty confident we'll sort the energy crisis out
completely within the next five years or so.
In what way, specifically?
In what way, specifically?
It's an unstable situation, implying change. One way or another it will
sort itself out.
If we run out of energy, it will be a global catastrophe where billions die.
We will adapt to the new conditions. Stabilization achieved.
If we find a new source of energy, the
I don't know why this failed to post the first time, try again.
At 12:00 PM 7/23/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
Pretty sure we're headed for a population crash at least that drastic
regardless. it's obvious to me that the earth cannot support 6-7
billion sustainably no matter what we do.
With a
On Jul 24, 2008, at 2:27 PM, hkhenson wrote:
At 12:00 PM 7/23/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
Pretty sure we're headed for a population crash at least that drastic
regardless. it's obvious to me that the earth cannot support 6-7
billion sustainably no matter what we do.
With a lot of low
Curtis Burisch wrote:
2. Fusion (read up on IEC fusion; there are also another two very promising
new fusion technologies. One or all of these will definitely work. Maybe
more likely 15 years, not 5.)
I'm a little skeptical on this. There have been so many rosy forecasts
over the years for
On Jul 24, 2008, at 1:21 PM, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Jul 24, 2008, at 2:27 PM, hkhenson wrote:
And there are certain parts
of the population doing their best to outbreed everyone else just to
skew future demographics. So it's likely to be a hard crash, and
not
a very well controlled
On 25/07/2008, at 5:27 AM, hkhenson wrote:
And there are certain parts
of the population doing their best to outbreed everyone else just to
skew future demographics. So it's likely to be a hard crash, and not
a very well controlled one at that.
This would worry me more except I think the
At 10:34 PM Monday 7/21/2008, hkhenson wrote:
At 12:00 PM 7/21/2008, you wrote:
Keith wrote
If someone in the area can think of another venue to talk about
dollar a gallon gasoline,
I found it interesting that over the weekend I heard a sound bite on
the news from Al Gore where he was also
At 10:06 PM Tuesday 7/22/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Jul 22, 2008, at 9:29 PM, hkhenson wrote:
I am not optimistic that this will be done. If this or some other
really huge supply of primary energy is not found, we are going to be
in for some nasty times. The other way the energy
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:04:02 -0500
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Showing again that the underlying problem is that people must
renounce greed and selfishness and replace them with cooperation and altruism.
. . . ronn! :)
Great idea. Wrong species. E.O.
On Jul 23, 2008, at 3:04 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 10:06 PM Tuesday 7/22/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Jul 22, 2008, at 9:29 PM, hkhenson wrote:
I am not optimistic that this will be done. If this or some other
really huge supply of primary energy is not found, we are going to
be
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
You wanna tempt the wrath of the whatever from high atop the thing?
-- Toby Ziegler
Why did Toby get all the really good lines?
Julia
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On 23/07/2008, at 11:21 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
You wanna tempt the wrath of the whatever from high atop the thing?
-- Toby Ziegler
Why did Toby get all the really good lines?
He didn't get them all. He got a lot, but so did Josh, and Sam,
At 08:02 AM Wednesday 7/23/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Jul 23, 2008, at 3:04 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 10:06 PM Tuesday 7/22/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Jul 22, 2008, at 9:29 PM, hkhenson wrote:
I am not optimistic that this will be done. If this or some other
really huge
On Jul 23, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 08:02 AM Wednesday 7/23/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Jul 23, 2008, at 3:04 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 10:06 PM Tuesday 7/22/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Jul 22, 2008, at 9:29 PM, hkhenson wrote:
I am not optimistic that
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At 11:23 AM Wednesday 7/23/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Jul 23, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 08:02 AM Wednesday 7/23/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Jul 23, 2008, at 3:04 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 10:06 PM Tuesday 7/22/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Jul 22, 2008,
At 03:32 PM Wednesday 7/23/2008, hkhenson wrote:
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I'm speechless, too!
. . . ronn! :P
Professional Smart-Aleck. Do Not Attempt.
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On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 03:32 PM Wednesday 7/23/2008, hkhenson wrote:
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I'm speechless, too!
. . . ronn! :P
Professional Smart-Aleck. Do Not Attempt.
So, how
On Jul 23, 2008, at 8:31 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
For every Marx, there's a Stalin.
(Which was one of the many examples I meant by it's been tried.)
I was not aware that either of those was associated with a movement
to convince everyone that they must love each other as much as they
On Jul 23, 2008, at 8:31 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
Some of us get it. But not enough, not by far, not yet ..
Is there any other way to help them to get it than to keep
reminding them?
. . . ronn! :)
Now on that, I will wholeheartedly agree with you. Reminders never
hurt.
And
In places where these things are irrelevant,
like China, coal is used to the maximum.
They are well aware of the problems from coal and are
expected (if
this goes live) to be the largest customers. On the other
hand, they
might own the space manufacturing setup and we would be
buying
At 08:39 PM Wednesday 7/23/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 03:32 PM Wednesday 7/23/2008, hkhenson wrote:
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I'm speechless, too!
. . .
hkhenson wrote:
It's not even a particularly risky project. If you have electrical
energy to burn, making syngas is easy from coal, even from
trash. Sasol knows two ways to turn syngas into oil.
H... And how much do you think _coal_ and _trash_ will cost,
if they can be turned into
At 12:00 PM 7/22/2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
hkhenson wrote:
It's not even a particularly risky project. If you have electrical
energy to burn, making syngas is easy from coal, even from
trash. Sasol knows two ways to turn syngas into oil.
H... And how much do you think _coal_
Pretty sure we're headed for a population crash at least that drastic
regardless. it's obvious to me that the earth cannot support 6-7
billion sustainably no matter what we do. And there are certain parts
of the population doing their best to outbreed everyone else just to
skew future
At 12:00 PM 7/21/2008, you wrote:
Keith wrote
If someone in the area can think of another venue to talk about
dollar a gallon gasoline, I can make a case and I have slides.
Why don't you make a case to some venture capitalists and/or
industry representatives who can get started immediately
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