Robin, you are talking about planet-based society, right? I was thinking about space, and how to go there. Free floating space colonies should be able to grow their own food. All they have to do is park close enough to a star for photosynthesis and energy, and mine low-gravity asteroids for materials and those things that can't be fully recycled.
What do you think? Lawrence -----Original Message----- From: Robin van Spaandonk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 4:18 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Moon bases In reply to Lawrence de Bivort's message of Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:37:46 -0400: Hi, [snip] >Bah! > >Free-floating space stations and asteroid mining will free us from the >tyranny of gravity and the competition for territory.... > >Lawrence The competition for territory is not about where to put ones bed, it's about where to put ones farm. That doesn't work so well in space. That particular issue will be resolved when fusion energy supplies enough power to desalinate water allowing for the irrigation of arid and other less productive lands, combined with a stabilization in the growth of the human population. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.
