[freebeard]

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

One kid and that's quite enough.

Now do try to stay focused.

Like answering some of my questions.

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When do you think this levelling off or possible reversal might be, and what will the TOTAL be by that time?
Does a drop in the birth rate cause expansion, sprawl, population growth, and the like to stop?

Jeez, ...hyperventilate much? Take deep slow breaths. Nothing sadder, as a "breeder" than limiting yourself to one offspring and seeing them fail to reproduce. All these estimates and predictive curves are based on a non-catastrophic future. ...and past. Take a look at a picture of the planet—Saharasia is a blight. (I blame it on a nuclear exchange in antiquity, else cattle overgrazing) If desertification is rolled back (and eating red meat) the planet's ability to sustain an increasing percentage (half empty) or mass (half full) of humanity only increases.

Originally Posted by jamesqf

Line losses. Figure roughly 1% per 100 miles for HV, which makes anything over about 4000 miles impractical.

From your Wikipedia link:

As of 1980, the longest cost-effective distance for direct-current transmission was determined to be 7,000 km (4,300 mi). For alternating current it was 4,000 km (2,500 mi), though all transmission lines in use today are substantially shorter than this.[7]
In any alternating current transmission line, the inductance and capacitance of the conductors can be significant. Currents that flow solely in 'reaction' to these properties of the circuit, (which together with the resistance define the impedance) constitute reactive power flow, which transmits no 'real' power to the load.

Here's a look at Bucky's proposal:

Global Energy Grid - The Details - GENI Overview - International - Issues - Global Energy Network Institute - GENI is the highest priority objective of the World Game, by R. Buckminster Fuller

If you still aren't convinced that it is feasible with Ultra High Voltage DC, there's always Eric P. Dollard

Eric Dollard | Gestalt Reality

I'm going to hit Submit now before another page of comments goes by.
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Also, I think that helping people works better when the time, money, and resources (money) are freely given, instead of taxed.

That would be Agorism, or Social Anarchism

Again, P-hack said that the world does not want to be saved.

I reluctantly have come to the same conclusion, but Ghandi had a relevant quote. Something about "...but it's still important that you do it."