[extropy-chat] Nuclear terraforming

[Hartmut Prochaska]

Hi,

> I don't have my copy of Fogg's Terraforming
> (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1560916095/qid=1134703453/sr=8-9/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i7_xgl14/104-8875538-3560751?n=507846&s=books&v=glance)
> handy nor have I scanned it, but that text does discuss terraforming
> Venus. IIRC, the author doesn't discuss using nuclear explosives for
> it, and he was pretty skeptical about the bacterial seeding of Sagan
> and others.
> 
> If you like, email me off-list this weekend, and I'll check the book
> for you. If you can't wait, Amazon sells it from US$900. Of course,
> your local library might have it too.

I guess this price sounds better :D

Our price in EUR:	 	95.51

http://www.missing-link.de/cgi/search.py?sid=1303275140&quicksearch=Terraforming%3a+Engineering+Planetary+Environments&lang=en&x=0&y=0

but the side also says "Maybe not available!". Is this book realy so rare to 
justify the above price? I found some other sides and all had the exorbitant 
high price displayed on amazon.

cheers
Hartmut
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