[ExI] Dark Matter

[Adrian Tymes]

On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:

> Not the first time mentioned here, but this is a very
> recent newsitem, and notice where it's published.
>

Quite.  Some places are making effective use of it.


> > That doesn't require radical new technology.  In fact, it's somewhat
> > boring.  But if you could make the numbers work, it would be a viable
> first
>
> Large scale seawater desal is anything but boring. In fact, it's an
> unsolved problem. Both in term of the energetics of the fundamental
> process as well as sheer logistics. If you want to grow a gigaton
> of vegetables, the numbers get big, fast.
>

Yes, but the biggest problem with it is logistics, not fundamentally new
technology.  That inherently makes is a less exciting problem to solve, for
many people.  Of course, this doesn't make it any less important or
challenging, though it does make it more difficult to attract funding and
competent help.
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