<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Keith Henson wrote:</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>"But without selling power to earth, I don't see space being </span></div><div><span>industrialized this side of the singularity at all."<br></span></div><div>I see automated and remote mining and manufacturing</div><div>ahead of human presence as the way to get space </div><div>industrialization done on the cheap. A few high value</div><div>products and materials would be worth sending back </div><div>to Earth.<var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var></div><div> </div><div>Dennis May<br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Keith Henson <hkeithhenson@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, September 18, 2011 5:18 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [ExI] Nukes was less expensive energy<br></font><br>On Sun, <span id="misspell-1">Sep</span> 18, 2011 at 5:00 AM, Dennis May <<a href="mailto:dennislmay@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:dennislmay@yahoo.com">dennislmay@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>snip (mostly agree)<br><br>> The sheer energy density of nuclear power means<br>> it dwarfs all other options.<br><br>Discounting the cost of fuel to zero, the relevant number is kg/kW.<br>The pressure vessel alone for a 1 <span
id="misspell-2">GW</span> plant is about 2000 tonnes. Fuel<br>assemblies, steam generators, pumps, turbines and generators run this<br>up by a factor of 5-10. That's 10-20 kg/kW and I may be on the low<br>side. You may be able to put a better number on it as well as an<br>estimate for the cents per kWh they will produce.<br><br>? Much of the time<br>> delay for implementation of nuclear power<br>> plants can be reduced by going to standardized<br>> designs.<br><br>So far that doesn't seem to have happened. <span id="misspell-3">Fukushima</span> didn't help either.<br><br>At $5,000 to $8,000 per kw, the power cost is going to range up to 10<br>cents per kWh based on capital cost alone.<br><br>> As far as big solar projects go - I see them as<br>> being of interest in industrializing space<br>> not moving space nuclear energy [sun] to<br>> the Earth when there are plenty of Earth<br>> based nuclear energy
possibilities with much<br>> less capital risk.<br><br>Perhaps you are right. But without selling power to earth, I don't<br>see space being industrialized this side of the singularity at all.<br><br>There is an awful front end cost to get the cost of transport down,<br>but if it can get down to where it is no more than a third of the cost<br>per kW of capacity, then we are talking power cost based on $1600/kW<br>or less.<br><br>And construction times measured in weeks.<br><br>If we can't get <span id="misspell-4">SBSP</span> cost down in this range, then you really should<br>start thinking about what it would take to build and fuel 1000 new<br>reactors a year.<br><br>This might interest some people here:<br><br><a href="http://spacefellowship.com/news/art26681/nasa-announces-two-game-changing-space-technology-projects.html"
target="_blank">http://spacefellowship.com/news/art26681/nasa-announces-two-game-changing-space-technology-projects.html</a><br><br>There is serious work starting on beamed energy propulsion.<br><br>Keith<br><br>> ?<br>> Dennis May<br>><br>> From: Keith Henson <<a href="mailto:hkeithhenson@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:hkeithhenson@gmail.com">hkeithhenson@gmail.com</a>><br>> To: <a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" ymailto="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a><br>> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 5:46 PM<br>> Subject: Re: [ExI] Nukes was less expensive energy<br>><br>> On Fri, <span id="misspell-6">Sep</span> 16, 2011 at 8:06 PM,? Dennis May <<a href="mailto:dennislmay@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:dennislmay@yahoo.com">dennislmay@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> The projections of what will happen economically<br>>> without massive nuclear energy
development is<br>>> not pretty.? Even if that effort began immediately<br>>> it is not clear it could happen fast enough.<br>><br>> The length of time it takes to build nuclear plants is a big reason to<br>> look at other approaches.? I am not at all sure even what is the best<br>> approach or mix of approaches to get really inexpensive energy.? I can<br>> state that it need to be down in the 1-2 cents per kWh.? That's $800<br>> to $1600 per kW based on return of capital in ten years and it needs<br>> to scale to 15-20 <span id="misspell-7">TW</span> over 20 years.<br>><br>> That's building around a 1000 1 <span id="misspell-8">GW</span> reactors per year.<br>><br>> I have not looked into this in detail.? I have looked into <span id="misspell-9">SBSP</span> and<br>> <span id="misspell-10">StratoSolar</span> and they look possible.? Perhaps you know about reactors?<br>><br>> It seems better to me at
this stage to state what is needed in broad<br>> terms rather than being too specific about how to accomplish the task.<br>><br>> Keith<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> extropy-chat mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" ymailto="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat" target="_blank">http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</a><br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL: <<a href="http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/attachments/20110917/2e667a82/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/attachments/20110917/2e667a82/attachment-0001.html</a>><br>><br>> ------------------------------<br>><br>> Message: 9<br>> Date: Sat, 17
<span id="misspell-12">Sep</span> 2011 21:53:52 -0700 (PDT)<br>> From: john <span id="misspell-13">clark</span> <<a href="mailto:jonkc@bellsouth.net" ymailto="mailto:jonkc@bellsouth.net">jonkc@bellsouth.net</a>><br>> To: ExI chat list <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" ymailto="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>><br>> Subject: Re: [ExI] A Nobel laureate and climate change.<br>> Message-ID:<br>> <<a href="mailto:1316321632.46095.YahooMailClassic@web82906.mail.mud.yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:1316321632.46095.YahooMailClassic@web82906.mail.mud.yahoo.com">1316321632.46095.YahooMailClassic@web82906.mail.mud.yahoo.com</a>><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; <span id="misspell-16">charset</span>="<span id="misspell-17">iso</span>-8859-1"<br>><br>> ?<span id="misspell-18">BillK</span> <<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com"
ymailto="mailto:pharos@gmail.com">pharos@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> "Well, the southern USA states have had their worst wildfire season<br>> ever and Texas is still burning. I guess the message will get through eventually. But I suppose that's just a little local fluctuation in temperature?"<br>> So let's see, if there's a very bad blizzard in the winter, as there was just a few months ago, it would be foolish to think that had anything to do with long term global climate change; but if there is a heat wave in the summer that proves the entire planet is getting hotter and is facing disaster.<br>><br>> "If a US billionaire wanted to produce a new product his first thought would be to get quotes from Chinese factories."<br>><br>> Correct, and they would do that because it would be cheaper to operate a plant in China than in the USA.<br>><br>> "That's why the US people are facing poverty and living off food
stamps."<br>><br>> So if workers in the USA are unwilling to work for a wage because they think it's too small even though they are "facing poverty" but Chinese workers are willing to do so then it follows logically that the Chinese workers must be even poorer than the poverty facing workers in the USA.<br>><br>> "The rich are China's friends."<br>><br>> Right, or to put it another way, the rich are friends of the poorest of the poor.<br>><br>> ? John K Clark<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> ?<br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL: <<a href="http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/attachments/20110917/fe97d18e/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/attachments/20110917/fe97d18e/attachment-0001.html</a>><br>><br>> ------------------------------<br>><br>> Message:
10<br>> Date: Sat, 17 <span id="misspell-19">Sep</span> 2011 22:45:27 -0700 (PDT)<br>> From: Dennis May <<a href="mailto:dennislmay@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:dennislmay@yahoo.com">dennislmay@yahoo.com</a>><br>> To: "<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" ymailto="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" ymailto="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>><br>> Subject: [ExI] Quantum Computing Discussion Groups?<br>> Message-ID:<br>> <<a href="mailto:1316324727.90345.YahooMailNeo@web112102.mail.gq1.yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:1316324727.90345.YahooMailNeo@web112102.mail.gq1.yahoo.com">1316324727.90345.YahooMailNeo@web112102.mail.gq1.yahoo.com</a>><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; <span id="misspell-21">charset</span>="<span
id="misspell-22">iso</span>-8859-1"<br>><br>> Anyone have a recommendation for a group to listen in on<br>> discussions of quantum computing?? Most I have been<br>> able to locate are the same as dead.<br>> ?<br>> Dennis May<br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL: <<a href="http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/attachments/20110917/07674165/attachment-0001.html" target="_blank">http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/attachments/20110917/07674165/attachment-0001.html</a>><br>><br>> ------------------------------<br>><br>> Message: 11<br>> Date: Sun, 18 <span id="misspell-23">Sep</span> 2011 09:36:49 +0100<br>> From: <span id="misspell-24">BillK</span> <<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:pharos@gmail.com">pharos@gmail.com</a>><br>> To: ExI chat list <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org"
ymailto="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>><br>> Subject: Re: [ExI] A Nobel laureate and climate change<br>> Message-ID:<br>> <CAL_<span id="misspell-27">armivejytEu</span>63v+<span id="misspell-28">YgfFqwq</span>+e+++<a href="mailto:_aRwE01dceoKOanBZjsg@mail.gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:_aRwE01dceoKOanBZjsg@mail.gmail.com">_aRwE01dceoKOanBZjsg@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; <span id="misspell-29">charset</span>=ISO-8859-1<br>><br>> 2011/9/17 <span id="misspell-30">kellycoinguy</span> wrote:<br>>> Bill.. If the rich want to produce spatulas or vacuums.. Then yes they go to<br>>> China to get them built... But if they want true innovation, rather that<br>>> rote duplication of stuff that has already been done, then there is still no<br>>> place to beat the USA.<br>>><br>>> A big part of successful innovation
is venture capital. China's government<br>>> funds some research.. But it is a drop in the bucket compared to the US<br>>> private investment in true innovation.<br>>><br>><br>><br>> Your first comment agrees that production facilities are cheaper and<br>> more productive in China. So more US innovation won't create much<br>> employment in the US.<br>><br>> The financial press has noted that some (many?) US companies are not<br>> bringing new products to market because in the current economic<br>> depression consumer demand has collapsed. The depressed market doesn't<br>> want innovation. The US needs jobs first, then people will have money<br>> to spend.<br>><br>> There is much concern that US innovation is falling behind other<br>> countries. Even Obama has commented on this. A recent report is here:<br>> <<a
href="http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2011/08_innovation_greenstone_looney.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2011/08_innovation_greenstone_looney.aspx</a>><br>><br>> The pace of US innovation has slowed since the 1970s. Mainly because<br>> government funded research has halved. Basic research is funded by<br>> government. (<span id="misspell-31">Barcodes</span>, fiber optics, MRI machines and <span id="misspell-32">GPS</span> technology<br>> are just a few of the innovations that came out of government-funded<br>> basic research).<br>> Venture capital funds the development of new trinkets for individual<br>> firms to manufacture in China and sell in the US and make a profit.<br>> And they need consumers willing and able to buy their trinkets.<br>><br>><br>> <span id="misspell-33">BillK</span><br>><br>><br>> ------------------------------<br>><br>>
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