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Subject: (elevators) "is there anything else we left out?
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Date: Fri, 21-Oct-83 11:52:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 21 11:52:00 1983
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From:  Richard M. King <KING at KESTREL>


	Yes, there is.

	In an elevator from the ground to geostationary orbit or above, much
of the energy comes from the Earth's rotation.  (I think it would take us a
long time before use of this energy source had a noticable effect.  Long before
this we could "ground" some asteroids to compensate.)

						Dick
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