>>> When you think about the long term (the 10,000 years 
>>> that keeps
>>> cropping up in the nuclear debate is a good start) then 
>>> we *must*
>>> get our energy from what is coming from the Sun now - 
>>> otherwise we
>>> *will* run out of fuel, whatever it is.

> Well, there's geothermal (lets cool the planetary core; 
> I'm sure that
> won't have any detrimental environmental effects!)

If you could it would, in time.
Present schemes don't and can't.
They are mere pinpricks on what has come up already.
They may cause local effects but the planert's core ignores 
them.

> And there is  fusion...

When we get He3 fusion and lunar Helium imports "all will be 
well" [tm] for 'quite a long while' [tm].
Until then we have to find stopgap measures.


        Russell

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