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by anubisresources 10y ago
They've tackled a number of different social and technological issues very well. Big big fan of their Christmas episode!
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by anubisresources 10y ago
Go right ahead!
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by anubisresources 10y ago
Desalination is pretty pricey at ~$2000 per acre foot, but desalination and wastewater recycling are your likely competition. Assuming of course that you're only going to sell this in drought-stricken areas. If you're aiming for
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by anubisresources 10y ago
I can speak for Uganda at least, since several of my contract farmers lead fairly low income lives. Can't really speak for the rest of sub-saharan Africa. One of the biggest costs a peasant family currently has is the time it takes fo
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by anubisresources 10y ago
The state could raise the price, but the issues with water, particularly in the developing world, require substantial amounts of investment in distribution, cleaning, etc. Likely will require additional investment from private sector. Also
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by anubisresources 10y ago
I was going to say that figure seemed a little high
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by anubisresources 10y ago
Mojomark has some figures re: cost. Current methods of local production are desalination and wastewater recycling, both of which are heavily state subsidized, and in the case of wastewater recycling state owned. Very difficult to get into
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by anubisresources 10y ago
I'm guessing this is for personal use and not agricultural or industrial? How does the cost per gallon compare with desalination and wastewater recycling?
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by anubisresources 10y ago
Nuclear is more costly than vast majority of other energy sources. Solar makes more sense if you want to stay green, and if you don't care about the green aspect traditional energy generation is probably better.
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by anubisresources 10y ago
Offshore desalination typically costs ~3x as much as onshore. Obviously, I don't know if that will apply in your case, but thats a good rule of thumb. Have you spoken with David Zetland? He's a really good guy for running ideas
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by anubisresources 10y ago
Exactly. Best way to deal with drought is to privatize the water supply and raise the price of water. Higher water prices leads to low value agricultural production moving elsewhere, minimizing water consumption.
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by anubisresources 10y ago
Transportation is extremely expensive, and in every case I've researched more expensive than local production or recycling. I'm one in a long line of people who have looked into the failed idea[1] of buying an old single hull oil
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by anubisresources 10y ago
People have forgotten guns and knives in their luggage that TSA has confiscated, and TSA proudly advertises those numbers. What is noticeably absent is information about any attacks TSA has thwarted. Of course it's possible some attack
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The Mariachi Men of Yugoslavia(roadsandkingdoms.com)
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Enigma machine sells for a record $463,500(newatlas.com)
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by anubisresources 10y ago
I love roll20! You've created a phenomenal product
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by anubisresources 10y ago
The DPRK does not respect the GPL, unsurprisingly.
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by anubisresources 10y ago
They're much better for agriculture than they used to be (though still pretty poor in Siberia). The change in productivity is wholly due to climate change. Warmer weather leads to a longer growing season, rain instead of snow, etc. A l
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by anubisresources 10y ago
I'll admit I haven't really looked into this possibility, but could there be a link between zoning regulations and segregation?
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by anubisresources 10y ago
Thank you! I've been looking for this for ages
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by anubisresources 10y ago
They make no sense when compared with alternate method like launch loops, which can be built with current tech
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Voices from Solitary: A Sentence Worse Than Death(solitarywatch.com)
1 points by anubisresources 10y ago|0 comments
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by anubisresources 10y ago
Significantly lower energy expenditures with non-rocket launches though
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Using metadata to identify the kidnappers of Abu Omar(m.youtube.com)
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Codename: Chilbom(read.atavist.com)
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by anubisresources 10y ago
I tend to think there are opportunities up there, but they're primarily in mining and the infrastructure support that. There are opportunities in tourism of course, but those are small compared asteroid mining.
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by anubisresources 10y ago
I've always thought it's more a matter of ignorance. Most infosec risks are fairly abstract and difficult to grasp for non-technical folks. Many don't understand why what they are doing is bad. I really think that the infosec