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‘Planet killer’ asteroids detected after being hidden by sun’s glare

Why technology and capitalism are good and green policies and left wing nihilism are an existential danger to humanity.

‘Planet killer’ asteroids detected after being hidden by sun’s glare

Lately statistics have revealed that fewer people per capita die from natural disasters because technology, economic prosperity and freedom create a more resilient society capable of building better structures to withstand earthquakes and severe weather events. Stronger buildings , satellite monitoring of storms for advanced warning , the ability to conduct evacuations and to deliver material aid and rebuild homes and infrastructure in the aftermath. The ability to send food to famine victims anywhere on Earth.

Now the mainstream media is waking up to what most of us science fiction fans and the space colony enthusiasts have been aware of for decades. The threat of collisions with Near Earth asteroids- in particular those between the orbits of Earth and Venus that are very hard to detect with Earth based astronomy because they are mostly hidden in the daytime glare. You can thank technological progress for that and may one day thank the greedy capitalists who want to mine asteroids for turning these bodies into power satellites and O’Neil cylinders before they strike our planet- and developing the space based infrastructure that will be useful for shifting them into harness orbits.

Jeff Fullerton
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Yup. Time to re-read Niven and Pournelle’ classic, Lucifer’s Hammer, or the original version, Footfall? — Editor

The Return of the Primitive Quotes by Ayn Rand

https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/54596-the-new-left-the-anti-industrial-revolution

I have the paperback version. The best one which may come up if you load more quotes is about the environmentalists demanding that anything of value to humanity must be sacrificed to the non-human. That it pretty much the leftist creed as it pertains to anything of value to America – it must be sacrificed to the non-American. “hey hey ho ho. Western Civ has got to go”!

With all the uncertainties in my endeavor to get through the coming winter with heating oil more expensive than I ever remember- even from the darkest days of Jimmy Carter’s energy crisis- I will probably have a Shizmar eats shit moment (like from that classic scene in Enemy Mine where Will Davidge goes off on Jeriba Shigan) the next time someone tells me about how necessary it is to sacrifice for the planet.

After listening to the audiobook on Rand’s other “Ecologist” critique “The Anti Industrial Revolution” while spending 3 days moving several tons of gravel and road base (by hand) to build up the end of my driveway I have a deep appreciation of her predictions and her observation how technology saves us so much time that is better spent on other things.

Jeff Fullerton
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Re: Hey, Peking … Duck!

I’ve written to TLE about this before…

Back in the 1970’s (and earlier) AM radio was much more popular. At night a powerful enough signal would bounce of the ionosphere, hit the ground, bouncr back to the Ionosphere all the way from Oklahoma City (KOMA) and Juarez (XROK 80 and KAMA) to Moscow.

These stations were pretty much straight-out Rock stations, no political messaging. Then again, what tyrant wants his people hearing songs like “two Hangmen” and “For What It’s Worth,” plus other bits of antiauthoritarian ideas that occurred in Rock? Of course, these stations were interested in selling ads by attracting listeners, not saving the world with music.

I’m sure there are people out there who can put together shows that entertain, can at least cover costs, and still communicate libertarian ideals on the air or over the net to both the people of East Asia, and the United States.

Albert Perez
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