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Microwave power from orbit has a host of other issues, but if flying through the beams will also cause problems for bird life, then its... -
Merle replied to the thread The best future "sustainable" energy source.I can easily install 4 solar panels on Earth for less cost than you can install 1 in space.
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This will solve all of our problems! All we need to do is build one 1.8 or so kilometer long structure... in space and at a great... -
Merle replied to the thread The best future "sustainable" energy source.Understood. That is why I only asked to consider what the "fair market value" of such an insurance would be, even if it is not...
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Merle replied to the thread We are overloading the planet: Now What?.Would you get your mind out of the gutter, please? We have discussed multiple ways that people could use to humanely restrain the...
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Merle replied to the thread We are overloading the planet: Now What?.Suppose that we had leveled off at 4 billion people, which is the population we had in 1974. In what sense would that have forced the...
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Merle replied to the thread The best future "sustainable" energy source.Maybe it is. Maybe it can. There are still a lot of questions about how we would do high-temperature industrial heating without high...
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Merle replied to the thread The best future "sustainable" energy source.Do you have a source to verify your claim that modern nuclear reactors can be easily throttled to quickly match the instantaneous demand...
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Merle replied to the thread We are overloading the planet: Now What?.I agree. In 1968, when The Population Bomb was written, we had 3.5 billion people. We could have chosen to level off near 4 billion. We...
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Merle replied to the thread The best future "sustainable" energy source.No, I did not say power companies must pay all possible damages they might cause in the comparison above. All I asked is each solution...
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It's obviously a matter of sustainability. A finite space, the planet in this instance, and its ecosystems can only support a certain...
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Merle replied to the thread We are overloading the planet: Now What?.OK, so if there is half the population science investment might be cut by more than half. It wasn't until 1974 that population reached...
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Merle replied to the thread We are overloading the planet: Now What?.Oh, so when S&P Global Ratings and Moody's downgrades the credit rating of a company, that's not a sign it is doing poorly?
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Merle replied to the thread We are overloading the planet: Now What?.With that, I think we can wrap this up. Sorry you didn't think my attempt at humor was funny. (There was a laughing smile face at the...
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Merle replied to the thread We are overloading the planet: Now What?.If you can design a nuclear power plant that can safely make electricity for 10% of the price of an existing coal plant, you would be a...
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