[ExI] Planetary defense

[Keith Henson]

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:49 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
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>>... On Behalf Of Keith Henson
>
>>...For example, with nanotech plants that made diamond or even polyethylene
> we could have a crisis in a decade of too little CO2 in the atmosphere...
> Keith
>
> Keith that wouldn't be a crisis.  Reasoning: it's only a crisis if there are
> no rich people to blame and sue.  If nanotech devours the CO2, then there
> are plenty of deep pockets defendants on whom to pin every incident of bad
> weather, every drought and flood, every heat wave and killer freeze.

Spike, that's a point.  Of course, if the CO2 level when low enough,
all the people without nanotech food synthesizers would starve and not
be there to sue anyone.

Keith