>   only over way is tapping zero-point field energy (if it can be tapped),
> since it seems that the volume of 'empty' space occupied by a cup is enough
> to boil all the oceans, this option is likely to a) not work, b) blow us all
> to bits.
>
> we could always make a small black hole, feed it charged particles and give
> it a good spin.  So long as we kept feeding it to keep the spin up we could
> extract power.  Sooner or later though it may get a little hard to handle!
>

I like the attitude of the Manhattan Project scientists.. they were
fairly sure the bomb wouldn't ignite the earths atmosphere..."only one
way to be sure".
Looks as sensible as some Genetic research.. frog genes in plants...
I might be ignorant but that makes playing with nuclear weapons look
sane. Insanity appears to be fashionable prerequisite these days, GM
foods, road rage, violent interview shows, Bigger and bigger
cars/4wd, and worst.. study for years to get paid peanuts designing
with PICs when if I had done accounting instead I could have a huge
income without actually producing anything.



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Lance Allen
Technical Officer
Uni of Auckland
Psych Dept
New Zealand
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