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Comment Re:Why the idle? (Score 1) 136

Exactly! There is nothing wrong with what they are doing. The air plane is not for going in to space. It's how they will sharpen their skills. Then they will move on. This clean slate method can work. I don't know how long it will take and at some point they will need to procure a lot of fuel and materials but the project is in its planning stage. Good luck to them.

Comment Re:Say waht you will about MS (Score 1) 474

Ok, go build me 2809 square miles worth of heliostat reflectors smarty pants. The problem with solar power in not it's abundence. It's how diffuse it is. People are small and can only do somuch work to get this energy. After a while it makes sense just to dig coal not that there aren't better alternatives.

Comment Re:Say waht you will about MS (Score 1) 474

You also must consider how many lifetimes worth of effort are wasted per twh. Some renewable systems consume many man hours and just don't produce the energy compared to other systems. How many lifetimes are spent building and maintaining a million windmills compared to a nice compact plant with a powerful and efficient steam turbine.

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