Re: For David Brin and the rest of you

On 9/4/2013 4:40 PM, ALBERTO VIEIRA FERREIRA MONTEIRO wrote:
> Even if these things were economically viable (which they probably
> ain't), ambientally it would be a disaster. I can't image the Earth
> getting such extra amount of radiant energy and not turning it (she?
> Gaia?) into a hell much worse than the most pessimistic images of the
> most radical ecogroups.
>
> Alberto Monteiro (oil company guy)
>
Alberto--

I'd argue that if people are going to be using all the energy anyway,
they might as well be doing it without adding to the greenhouse effect.

Or are you worried about energy being beamed down inefficiently, producing
much more heat than just the amount from people using energy directly?

             ---David