Had cake last night and woke up to 300 count sugar. Alice stayed home to take me to the doctor. Bronchitis. Pain. Lots of fun.
Not only we, but the entire human race is fragile. What happens if America gets attacked with an A bomb. Just one. An EMP pulse could knock out the grid. It could kill the trucks that bring your food. It could stop the pumps that put fuel in the trucks, or the tractor that plows the field, with so many gallons of fuel per acre of food. Back in the 30's we had 90% of the people down on the farm able to feed themselves. Now it is 90% in the cities with 3 days food at home and "just in time" logistics to the grocery store, maybe one or two weeks to mass starvation and marshall law. Millions will die.
OK enough cheer. Space and abundant energy can help to make us less fragile until we grow up. Do you think we will find Nazi's on the moon (as in Heinlein's story) when we get there? No. But we may find Chinese''s Peoples republic yelling at us to get off their hegemony.
The third degree is use a CASH FLOW to create a private/public "skunk works" to design, test and build a heavy launch system to help us mass migrate into space.
Bob the builder here. Yes. Yes we can do it. You have to decide. What's it going to be.
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