[shawn]

OK, How can one put a dollar value……which is only debt anyway, onto the life experiences of the victims left in the wake of fission accidents, like Chernobyl and now Fukoshima?
The opponents of fusion have been using dollars as an argument, as in…look how much it will cost, as if that is even a rational argument in the first place.
Compared to the epic disasters we see surrounding fission, fusion costs even if they were dramatically higher would be worth the price paid and would still be cheaper than cleaning up the mess left behind fission sites.
Quality of life is not about what we are willing to tolerate, as this is not that kind of age anymore.
Unfortunately the status quo keeps things in that mindset of dollars (as if that is a basis in any reality) rather than what is possible and best.
The money is an artificial system designed to inflict suffering and limitations……it is the strategy of attrition.
Money these days is all fiat currency and is a weapon of conquest, not a facilitator which will build a better future for the people.

[shawn]

The thing about these types of speculative calculations is they do not account for improvements in design.
They merely take existing data and produce a figure we ought to be anxious over.
Even if the figures are somehow accurate and translate into 50 to 100 yrs of energy production, just factor in the innovation aspect which is exploding exponentially with our population increase and related factors.
What is going on these days is amazing.
Now if we could tweak commerce a bit to unleash the dynamo………..
what a world we would see.

[shawn]

Brian H
Ozone is oxygen ( O3 instead of the usual O2 ) and does not burn any more than ordinary oxygen does; it supports combustion.

It still burns and so passing a flaming torch through it is likely to burn what is close to it.
I am not blaming all of the loses of it on rockets, just saying that it never gets mentioned and is a contributing factor.

This idea that we are responsible for the global warming is total tripe.
It is a natural phenomena and we can do nothing to stop it.
Even if we all just died or disappeared it would still occur.
The powers that be are most likely well aware of this and so put out the propaganda to mitigate widespread panic.

[shawn]

Traditional building materials would not work well with anything large for so many reasons.
However, if they were to utilize the newer generation materials such as Grancrete which is a Magnesium phosphate material that is fast setting, then this is more than just feasible.
Right now they are either mold casting that material or are shooting it with a shotcrete gun onto forms.

[shawn]

It is interesting how the debates between the different camps have reached at times religious fervor.
I am of the opinion that natural cycles of the Earth and the solar system and beyond have a far greater influence on our environmental conditions than we do.
Volcanoes spew out an incredible amount of heat and gases and ash, etc. and there has been a rise in volcanism since about the 1960s.
But the Al Gore crowd downplays that as an irrelevant detail.
A comment above about the ozone holes brought to mind a few things.
Ozone is a flammable gas and rockets are basically a blow torch.
We have been pushing these flaming torches through this gas cloud and then are surprised when holes appear.
Then we blame various pollutants.
I have never heard anyone make the connection about rockets being either the major cause, or a contributor even.
IMO we can and should do something about pollution, but having to go about it with this carbon-tax issue is a weird way to do it.
Maybe it is a precedent setter for future legislation to tax other gases, like say, O2.
Who knows.

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