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From: sunny@sun.uucp (Sunny Kirsten)
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Subject: Re: more on alternate energy sources (fusion)
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Date: Thu, 23-Aug-84 13:42:14 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 23 13:42:14 1984
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A Modest Proposal

	I suggest a gravity-confined fusion reactor operating in a near-
perfect vacuum, insulated from us by 93 Million Miles of that vacuum, and
we ourselves insulated by a gravity-confined cloud of gasses (earth's
atmosphere) to absorb the high energy radiation from the fusion reactor,
and to absorb modest sized asteroids, comets, etc.  Then let there be
fusion radiation energy collectors installed at points of need of energy.
Some of these may merely collect IR, for heating, some may collect visible
light for the generation of electricity.  Some may collect advantageous
frequencies of light to assist in chemical reactions which store energy
to create food (photosynthesis).  Fail Safe. Simple. Free.  The reactor
and its insulator have been wisely provided for us, all we have to do is
build the collectors!

No Nukes!	Turn OFF the SUN!	What?!?		(appologies to Pooh)
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{ucbvax|decvax|ihnp4}!sun!sunny (Sunny Kirsten of Sun Microsystems)