Comments on: Climate Engineering Or Space Solar Power Which is the Better Option? http://blog.nss.org/?p=771 Blogging for the creation of a spacefaring civilization Mon, 20 May 2013 09:27:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Bill http://blog.nss.org/?p=771&cpage=1#comment-1020 Bill Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:39:21 +0000 http://blog.nss.org/?p=771#comment-1020 a false dilemma perhaps but what if... Climate engineering seems like a scary topic and Space solar power can easily be taken advantage of just like our usage of oil. They are synergistically complementary and we do need them both but there has to be some sort of equilibrium calculated before development can occur. It is so hard too find a balance but it can be done. a false dilemma perhaps but what if…

Climate engineering seems like a scary topic and Space solar power can easily be taken advantage of just like our usage of oil. They are synergistically complementary and we do need them both but there has to be some sort of equilibrium calculated before development can occur. It is so hard too find a balance but it can be done.

]]> By: Martha Adams http://blog.nss.org/?p=771&cpage=1#comment-997 Martha Adams Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:15:30 +0000 http://blog.nss.org/?p=771#comment-997 I like the topic except it's a false dichotomy as it stands. I believe we need both of these and they don't compete. Terra's longterm carrying capacity might amount to half a billion humans; it's pushing 7 billion humans. Somehow or other, that's going to change; and space offers options both for change and for our species survival if thru some accident we lose Terra. Space solar power is nonpolluting and comes with option to size it to immensity nearly unimaginable today. Thinking of climate engineering, I recall the Moties who reconstructed their ships at need in flight: we aren't Moties and I feel insecure to even think of re-engineering our climate as it runs. Given space solar power then we can lower the stake on the local climate re-engineering, and so these two are not competitors, they are synergistically complementary and we need them both. Titeotwawki -- Martha Adams 2009 Apr 22 I like the topic except it's a false dichotomy as it stands. I believe we need both of these and they don't compete. Terra's longterm carrying capacity might amount to half a billion humans; it's pushing 7 billion humans. Somehow or other, that's going to change; and space offers options both for change and for our species survival if thru some accident we lose Terra.

Space solar power is nonpolluting and comes with option to size it to immensity nearly unimaginable today. Thinking of climate engineering, I recall the Moties who reconstructed their ships at need in flight: we aren't Moties and I feel insecure to even think of re-engineering our climate as it runs. Given space solar power then we can lower the stake on the local climate re-engineering, and so these two are not competitors, they are synergistically complementary and we need them both.

Titeotwawki — Martha Adams 2009 Apr 22

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