[ExI] Project-oriented networks (was: Efficiency of algorithmic trading)

[Keith Henson]

2011/5/3 Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at mac.com>:
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> On May 3, 2011, at 7:18 AM, Amon Zero wrote:
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> On 3 May 2011 14:40, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 2011/5/3 Amon Zero <amon at doctrinezero.com>:
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>> snip
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>> > . . . but you're the first person who has mentioned rocket science!
>>
>> Between here and the singularity, the most serious problem the human
>> race faces is the end of easy to obtain energy.
>
> I think it is economic collapse of a greater magnitude than seen before
> bring on the destruction of many western and some eastern technological
> societies.  Beside that energy is a piece of cake.

They are *deeply* connected problems.  Getting access to vast amounts
of low cost energy will fix the economic problems, even pay off the
government debt and fund social security.  20 million bbls of oil a
day @ $100 per bbl is $2 B a day, $730 B/year, And the eventual cash
flow from this project is at least 2,000 GW of new power sats a year
that are worth 1.6 B/GW.

> I can think of ways that would fix energy that are actually doable at
> reasonable cost within a decade.

I know of one way, $100/kg to GEO and power satellites that will fix
the problem and another, StratoSolar that might do so.  (Long list of
unsolved problems.)

Do your solutions get energy down to the point of being able to make
synthetic gasoline for a dollar a gallon?

That's what it takes.

If you have ideas that are less expensive than power satellites, let
me know and I will work on them.  I spent more than a year on
StratoSolar because it looks (and still looks) like it might be
promising.

Keith

> Not so much on fixing the economic tsunami
> bearing down on us.
> - s
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