tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255765354647516808.post1390530107396865482..comments2024-02-19T00:39:49.642-08:00Comments on We Alone on Earth: The California BugMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05279969393617122722noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255765354647516808.post-15242982411138542142010-05-10T21:15:20.415-07:002010-05-10T21:15:20.415-07:00You could just establish another Deep Springs with...You could just establish another Deep Springs with a science focus. It seems to work for them.Evannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255765354647516808.post-9422169200633399432010-05-10T17:44:49.114-07:002010-05-10T17:44:49.114-07:00ooh... if I were a writer, I might attempt to exte...ooh... if I were a writer, I might attempt to extend this discussion of California with something like :<br /><br />That was is, these men had reached the very edge of the western frontier. Where then, to direct the frontiersman spirit, the genetically selected predisposition for exploration and conquest of the unknown ? Those that were content with life as stasis had stayed behind in the East, Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279969393617122722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255765354647516808.post-38886349062805935552010-05-10T17:27:59.626-07:002010-05-10T17:27:59.626-07:00I mean, we have a family friend who tried to raise...I mean, we have a family friend who tried to raise kids on a would be science island in West Virgina and now I think everyone is just mad at him for messing up their social development and making them live with hicks ( though I'm a little unclear as to the details and specifics ).Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279969393617122722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255765354647516808.post-16848993842983525192010-05-10T17:26:18.305-07:002010-05-10T17:26:18.305-07:00Actually, the Mayor of Braddock ( the first of the...Actually, the Mayor of Braddock ( the first of the crumbling towns you will visit as you exit Pittsburgh ) has augmented his house with shipping containers. <br /><br />I still don't see how we are ever going to make this a real and sustaining endeavor. Purchase land ? Take time off from work ? Write science policy there ? Prototype high tech paintball to train squadron of youth for the Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279969393617122722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255765354647516808.post-89394644322315392652010-05-10T17:17:48.160-07:002010-05-10T17:17:48.160-07:00I'm sure you can get water, even if it has int...I'm sure you can get water, even if it has interesting levels of heavy metals and pesticides. Perhaps we can build in an additional filtration system.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279969393617122722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255765354647516808.post-72815751383684263192010-05-10T16:52:19.575-07:002010-05-10T16:52:19.575-07:00I wonder what the used shipping container situatio...I wonder what the used shipping container situation is out there. Last I checked, the issue with using those was thermal insulation. Broken water infrastructure would be the real problem, if it occurs.Sir Arthur Conan the Barbarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166583814159612270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255765354647516808.post-43233873459449226952010-05-10T15:56:50.137-07:002010-05-10T15:56:50.137-07:00Most infrastructure is in disrepair, construction ...Most infrastructure is in disrepair, construction costs would be nontrivial. It might be more efficient to build new structures on cheap land, unless you want to work in a molding structure with a finite nonzero probability of collapse at any given time. I'm wondering what sort of supply, infrastructure, and supply problems we might run into. Working at universities is probably cheaper and Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279969393617122722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255765354647516808.post-31509317787773930932010-05-10T13:39:46.974-07:002010-05-10T13:39:46.974-07:00Plus, once all the rich minerals are used up, we c...Plus, once all the rich minerals are used up, we can mine the tailings of 20th century industry. Also, giant gears and canals are in ample supply.Sir Arthur Conan the Barbarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166583814159612270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255765354647516808.post-86678577652990547082010-05-10T11:38:44.717-07:002010-05-10T11:38:44.717-07:00That's actually a pretty good idea. Resource i...That's actually a pretty good idea. Resource independence//sustainability is easier in a non-desert climate. As you mentioned, cheap land, social wasteland allows SI to become cultural center. We will keep warm with the waste heat of our servers.Michael BFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16757274897589421838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255765354647516808.post-49489597990362446032010-05-10T11:01:17.778-07:002010-05-10T11:01:17.778-07:00considering rust-belt for science island : really ...considering rust-belt for science island : really really really cheap land, could probably buy out a whole city. rednecks may be a problem ( or at least their offspring ). sonic pain perimeter fence may be in order.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279969393617122722noreply@blogger.com