I don't think that was the case at all. The strength of this list has always been the highly creative people that engage in free-for-all brainstorming. For brainstorming to truly work effectively, outright disregard of 'crazy' ideas should never be done. Innovation comes from unlikely places and unless you are willing to suspend belief in widely accepted principals, you will never see better solutions that sometimes completely contradict... like the world is flat, the sun orbits the earth, etc.
Have faith in human nature to be too lazy or greedy to implement something so altruistic. Heated discussions on the implications to sovereign airspace for such a particle band in the UN would never end... 8^) -john -----Original Message----- From: Robin van Spaandonk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I was troubled by the speed with which people jumped on the band-wagon, IOW the apparent readiness of others to see it is a primary solution rather than a last resort.
