Pinworm
Well-Known Member
Doesn't it have to be at 22,000? Geo-sync?
Pffft. Are you a beginner?
Doesn't it have to be at 22,000? Geo-sync?
Damn Pinworm, yer getting busy!
yea, I am thinking skipped meds or an energy drink junkie...lol
Peace
Asmallvoice
ever see how much stuff they find under water? cities that are still erect,statues,ect. they didn't build them under water. thus the water must have been rising for quite some time in my opinion. however overpopulation is taking its toll one rescources we need to survive, food, water, air, ect. thus it has to be worse. I think the earth will heal itself when we try to overpower nature it usually ends bad.dinousaurs ,cavemen,ect.
It could be said that one is merely a symptom of the other...
Pretty much.
The planet is going to do what it's going to do, whether we like it or not. The geological record shows a series of hot / cold periods throughout the history of this rock, both with, and without the presence of dumb ass humans.
I support pursuing alternative energy sources, however, it's got to be cost effective as well as "clean", or people will simply continue to use "cheap" fossil fuels and stink the place up.
Ah, the MET, I knew it had to have some special name. Pinwheel, is rather overloaded as a term.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momentum_exchange_tether
And specifically the Rotorvator variant can reduce the tip speed to near Zero at the Surface.![]()
The space elevator has two big problems.
The second has to do with powering the putative trolley cars. How transmit the power,and from what source? Solar is currently popular, but its energy density is pretty low, and the transducers (solar cells) are heavy and expensive. I would prefer a more compact and energetic source ... perhaps some form of fusion when we get good enough.
Practically, there is one way to move tonnage into space. Anyone remember Orion (not the spiffed-up Apollo capsule, but the original)? Nuclear pulse propulsion with an Isp in the tens of thousands.
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I would not say that overpopulation is a threat but there are definitely too many ass holes on planet Earth. We grow enough grain to feed 11 billion people and feed it to live stock. Much of said grain is grown where natural habitat has been cleared. So it is just unsustainable, but not necessarily a result of overpopulation. Malthus was wrong.
As for climate change, I'm of the opinion that the balance has been tipped. There is a natural swing like the scale of justice with a weight dropped on a side causing greater swing, humanity is the weight. We didn't cause the swing, we simply accentuate it and find ourselves at its mercy.
Both problems are results of the abundance of ass holes. The solution is cooperation. A paradigm shift from competition to cooperation is demanded.
heres an idea build a bigger space station and let the rich have their area
All Space Elevators, designs, I have seen, have to be actively managed. They must be maintained in the natural frequency.
All sorts of forces, at play.
BTW, The equation for the fundamental frequency of an ideal taut string is:f = (1/2L)*√(T/μwhere
- f is the frequency in hertz (Hz) or cycles per second
- T is the string tension in gm-cm/s²
- L is the length of the string in centimeters (cm)
- μ is the linear density or mass per unit length of the string in gm/cm
- √(T/μ
is the square root of T divided by μ in seconds
(Merry Christmas, Heck, I know you love the math)