I've lived in Canada and I am well acquainted with English-speaking Canadians. No, you don't speak American English, but you most certainly don't speak British English. To many Americans you just sound like not-from-here, and to others (especially in Northeast US) you sound local.

Amen to that! Their fries are far better than anyone elses, though.

Absolutely! Then again, SETI isn't that big of a waste. And who knows, maybe the horse will learn to sing. But in the meantime, you're right, I'd love to see a lunar colony in my lifetime. In 1969, as I watched the first human touch booted foot on the moon, I was imagining in my mind that in 20 years it would be possible for me to buy a ticket to visit that place! But that jerk Nixon, even as he was congratulating Neil Armstrong for his historic achievement, was already plotting to gut the space program. I want to mine Jupiter for hydrogen to fuel our industries! I want to end smelting of iron ore here on earth in favor of doing it in the asteroid belt! But the short-sighting IDIOTS in politics can only see as far as the next election (if that). It makes me sick to think about it.

In a couple of hundred years, assuming civilization survives, a set of these would probably have considerable collector value. Especially if you also owned a first edition of the FIRST EB.

Whaddaya mean, way too much energy? A flux capacitor needs a LOT of energy for time travel.

Besides, how efficient is Mr. Fusion anyway? Clearly nowhere near 100%, and probably only a few milligrams of the banana peel are going to be converted to energy. The rest goes to carbon dioxide, steam, and so on. Didn't you see the vapor when Doc opened the reaction vessel to put in the banana peel (and the beer and beer can)?