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AtomicLabMonkey · 2004-01-23, 08:32 AM

I don't subscribe to quite such a gloom and doom view, but it is pretty bad right now. Most people in this country are pretty ridiculous these days. I do have hope on the energy front though; more people are becoming aware of the problem every day, politicians are actually seriously talking about alternative energy research (and funding it, which is the most important part), and technological developments are proceeding as well. As I'm sure you know, converting the infrastructure to something else like a hydrogen-based system is entirely possible; the problem is getting the energy at the central plants necessary to make all that hydrogen. Getting the energy from somewhere off the planet is the ultimate solution, and it sounds like helium-3 collected from the moon and free-electron lasers hooked to solar arrays in orbit are actually evolving from ideas to practical solutions.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...m3_000630.html

http://www.spaceelevator.com/docs/SE...pp_for_FEL.pdf

2004-01-23, 08:32 AM	#10
AtomicLabMonkey Nightwalker Real Name: Austin Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Oshkosh, WI Posts: 4,063 Car: '13 WRX YGBSM	I don't subscribe to quite such a gloom and doom view, but it is pretty bad right now. Most people in this country are pretty ridiculous these days. I do have hope on the energy front though; more people are becoming aware of the problem every day, politicians are actually seriously talking about alternative energy research (and funding it, which is the most important part), and technological developments are proceeding as well. As I'm sure you know, converting the infrastructure to something else like a hydrogen-based system is entirely possible; the problem is getting the energy at the central plants necessary to make all that hydrogen. Getting the energy from somewhere off the planet is the ultimate solution, and it sounds like helium-3 collected from the moon and free-electron lasers hooked to solar arrays in orbit are actually evolving from ideas to practical solutions. http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...m3_000630.html http://www.spaceelevator.com/docs/SE...pp_for_FEL.pdf __________________ "None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you.. you're locked in here with me."