In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:27:09 -0800: Hi, [snip] >At 3:15 PM 4/14/5, Mike Carrell wrote: >>In the current discussion of a post-peak-oil world, the usual alternatives >>have been worked over thoroughly, and found unsatisfactory. > >Found unsatisfactory by whom? You must have been on another list. There >are plenty of promising renewable and conservation alternatives, enough to >dramaticaly reduce the cost of energy in the fairly near future, and to >eventually eliminate the use of carbon based fossil fuels.
True, but these don't lead to access to the solar system, while evolution of energy dense solutions does. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk All SPAM goes in the trash unread.