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I feel that the whole manned base on Mars thing is a complete waste of engineering talent and resources that could be much better spent on trying to build out the replacement for our very soon to be dwindling fossil energy here on Earth. There is no plan(et) B.
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If we really think that we still have the societal surplus to spend on playing around with offworld humans, the South Pole of the Moon would be just as (in)hospitable as Mars and is much closer.
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All eggs in one basket.There would be no spinoff from the requisite R&D?
Neither has a magnetic field, so neither has that advantage over one of the LaGrange points.
Later earlier today:
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Originally Posted by aerohead
According to the experts,the most beneficial level is not only zero,but negative combustion.
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Score one for Viktor Schauberger.
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I thought the premise for the battery was allow a renewable source constant output onto the grid during lapses in solar or wind,and to also store power for after sunset,or periods of calm,extending 'production'.
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Electric vehicles recharging at residences in the dark w[ill/ould] flatten that demand curve.
Scott Adams is up to Episode 435, and he's still agnostic on the climate, but becoming an advocate for 4th generation nuclear.
The one point he leaves out is that Cody Wilson's molten salt reactor can be launched cold and lit off at the end of the 2nd stage boost phase. Out there where all the resources are.