I offer my best ideas here, and I will keep it brief.

I'll keep these short, and to the point. This is my numbered list of observations and advice, and I hope to expand on them on other sites, and other media.

1. Every negative experience is information-rich.

2. Global warming may turn out to be a neutral or good thing. Ice ages seem to come cyclically. They may be triggered by volcanic action, impacts from outer space, nuclear weapons, or something else: however, if the planet has warmed a bit, the temperature might drop less. Also, more warmth and CO2 should stimulate more vegetation, producting more food, and consuming the CO2 that is part of the problem. If rising ocean levels are such a problem, perhaps one day a way of storing the extra water in orbit can be devised. It might even be a mechanism for distributing water where it is needed in times of drought on earth.

3. Oddly, the 10 commandments don't really address lying or waste.

4. Consuming fewer calories corresponds with better health and longevity, assuming no real nutritional deficiencies. I suspect that we are all born with an allotment of calories. When the calories are all consumed, your time is up. Need further encouragement to lost those extra pounds? Pay attention. Hunger is good. Food never tastes better. It actually feels physically good to be shedding pounds. Kind of tingly.

5. God is many things to many people. God may or may not be a physical entity somewhere, but God is a useful, beautiful, mysterious concept that embraces light, perfection, morality, life, death, energy, and our collective concept our our own most best selves that can be imagined and aspired to.

6. Less government is better. This is because the public sector both hampers and bleeds resources from the private sector which drives the economy. Modern tools now allow better citizen participation in government, and referendum power at local, state, and federal levels of government would allow for better democratic control of government. Liberals today often share the opinion that government could and should step in to address every problem that needs addressing, and that business and wealth are somehow evil. This, and the fact that public school teachers, employees of the government, tend to be strongly liberal for obvious reasons, and they have great influence on the minds of children.

7. When baffled by events, things can often be explained in terms of where the money goes.

We have a global concern that global warming caused by CO2 will cause problems with water levels and climate change. If we could cast aside practicality for the moment, imagine a future in which humanity could undertake a massive engineering project, and indeed, must. Imagine if we could take waste CO2 and excess water to make a sturdy building material (ice and dry ice), or even salt, out of which we could create a GIANT CLEAR SPINNING HOLLOW GLOBE orbiting the earth. Arthur Clarkes wonderful idea of a space elevator connecting a cargo terminal in space to earth with a huge tether up which freight could be shipped far more efficiently than rocket ships could come to pass. Indeed, it might be easier to construct a pipeline to convey water or CO2 vapor to this station. This globe would

1. Store excess water and CO2. Perhaps bring water to areas that need it.

2. Shade earth as needed.

3. Surface for better solar energy collection.

4. Interior surface use for colonizing space. Some sunlight might enter the globe. Spinning means imitation gravity on interior surface, with possibility of a blanket of plant life like on earth. Liquid water might be best stored between concentric ice shells.

5. Add a way to propel globe through space, however slowly, means that this could be a space ship or life boat for humanity. It would facilitate exploration of space while stationary. Arriving at another planet, this anti global warming technology might be a commercial product of value to native inhabitants. Win-win for interplanetary commerce. Like the water vapor in the atmosphere of earth, the ice should protect occupants from dangerous cosmic radiation in the same way.

1/15/2007

It could be so like Noahs Ark that Space Ark might be an appropriate name. Ark Station?

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