Reply #109: I agree with your assessment of ultimate outcome [View All]

[napoleon_in_rags]

You're right, that's probably the most likely thing...Not necessarily space based, but energy sources that are centralized and controlled by people far from us. This is what's being advocated by some authors, that really normal people don't have much to do with clean energy, its really the next breakthrough at MIT that will save the day. And what you say is true, there are large benefits to such structures.


But I also see a dark side to this. We know that energy is what has created this civilization, and it follows that he who controls energy also controls civilization. So really, in the spirit of spreading out power, I do think the BEST solution is to have people producing energy as close to home as possible. Yes, this is suboptimal scientifically, but I really think its optimal politically.