Arthur,

They published several letters on Global Warming, but not mine.
Thanks for your interest, however.
Of course, you could sent this for NSS use.

Regards,
Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Smith [mailto:apsmith@...]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 10:03 PM
To: solarpowersatelliteplace@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Solar Power Satellite Place] Letter to BW

Hi Peter - did they publish this letter? Even if not - do you think we could
run it by Marianne and Cliff for posting on the NSS letters page?
- http://chapters.nss.org/letters/

Take care,

Arthur

Peter Schubert wrote:

>Hello Arthur,
>
>Here's the text of a Letter to the Editor I sent to Business Week,
>responding to their cover story. I thought you might like it.
>
>Peter
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>In "GLOBAL WARMING" the uncertainty over how to achieve lower-carbon
>energy sources begs the question: "what is the ultimate solution?"
>The sun blankets the earth with far more energy than we need (170
>terawatts received vs. 22 estimated consumption in 2025), and is
>inexhaustable on the scale of human history. Forty years ago, Dr.
>Peter Glaser of Arthur D. Little proposed solar power satellites that
>beam low-density microwaves to receiving antennae linked to our power
>grid. NASA studies to date have questioned economic viability due to the
large number of launches required.
>A less well-known approach is to fabricate solar panels directly from
>lunar soil, which is 21% silicon. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.)
>said earlier this year: "The moon can be made into a major asset."
>David R. Criswell of the University of Houston has popularized one such
>approach. In the 1960s, beating the Soviets to the moon spurred the
>greatest engineering feat of all
>time: the Apollo project. Now, it is global warming which threatens
>geopolitical stability, economic prosperity and the world's food
>supply. It is time we develop a comprehensive energy solution with
>power derived from the sun, and stored using hydrogen. Apollo took
>less than 9 years. Now, we can use the moon to bring the sun to the
>earth. Learning from Mr. Carey's excellent article, we should begin at
once.
>
>Peter J. Schubert, Ph.D.
>President, Space Manufacture, LLC
>www.spacemanufacture.com
>310 W. Greyhound Pass
>Carmel, IN 46032
>day 765 451 5925
>eve 317 843 9822
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