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Article #7934Re: Payload of shuttle flight directly after last Challenger.
From: Craig Hansen
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1988 18:50
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1988 18:50
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In article <442@flatline.UUCP>, erict@flatline.UUCP (eric townsend) writes:
> I am worried about coal. I think coal and hydrocarbon fuels in general
> are a really bad idea. I also wish solar powered everything would become
> economical... I've read a lot of stuff on alternative energy that leads
> me to beleive it'd be quite easy.
We're getting a little off the subject, here, but don't forget that
there are highly toxic materials in solar cells, too. Solar-power
technology hasn't advanced much in the last ten years, and doesn't
really promise to advance much in the next ten years - if it becomes
"more economical" it is only because other sources are becoming "less
economical." Why you would _wish_ that is beyond my comprehension.
--
Craig Hansen
Manager, Architecture Development
MIPS Computer Systems, Inc.
...{ames,decwrl,prls}!mips!hansen or hansen@mips.com 408-991-0234
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!hplabs!pyramid!prls!mips!hansen From: hansen@mips.COM (Craig Hansen) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Payload of shuttle flight directly after last Challenger. Message-ID: <1680@mips.mips.COM> Date: 25 Feb 88 18:50:08 GMT References: <365@flatline.UUCP> <713@esunix.UUCP> <442@flatline.UUCP> Lines: 18