Re: StratoSolar

Keith Henson wrote:
> 
> Since the 1970s, US politicians have given lip service to "National
> Energy Self-sufficiency."  The US has failed to achieve anything,
> largely because nobody had a good idea of how to make it work at the
> same or lower cost than importing oil.  This method might not work
> either.  However, it passes first-order physics and economics 
> analysis and seems to deserve serious further study.
> 
You (USA) might be closer to self-sufficienty than you (Keith) think.
Deepen the crisis (and reduce energy expendidure) and get a little
more of shale gas, and you get there.

Alberto Monteiro, minion of evil oil companies