Reply To: Iconography

[Brian H]

digh wrote: Again I think I understand your position somewhat. I think you favor the breakup of the energy monopoly with FF distributed widely and locally. Absolutely! Also a return to an authentically competitive market place open to individual investment would be nice.

Painting or covering the asteroids white to reflect sunlight, interesting. Haven’t heard that one before. You would probably have to cover the entire rock due to movement. Comets would be a different problem.

If FF is harnessed to spaceflight that could be another area for privatisation.

As to whether Global Warming is real or not, you seem adamant in denial. We will have to agree to disagree.

Actually, the “painting” is likely to be blackening of one side to increase the impact/absorption of light. Depends on the specifics of the asteroid’s shape and orbit.

There are designs for MHD and ion drives which FF could be used with, and provide superb power/weight ratios.

Global Warming may well be occurring, at about the same rate that it has been since the Ice Sheets melted. But there is no modern deviation from that trend, and humans have immeasurably small impact on climate. That’s the crux.