Fwd: Re: starship-design: Hi, from a newbie

[Curtis Manges <clmanges@yahoo.com>]

--- KellySt@aol.com wrote:
> From: KellySt@aol.com
> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 21:21:30 EST
> Subject: Re: starship-design: Hi, from a newbie
> To: clmanges@yahoo.com
> 
> 
> In a message dated 1/13/02 5:28:33 PM, clmanges@yahoo.com writes:
> 
> >I fully agree with this. People are putting processors into things
> >like toasters, now, just because they can, and because they think
> >it'll sell more goods. A space colony could not afford to operate
> on
> >this kind of thinking. And, when you think about it, we can't
> either,
> >at least not indefinitely.
> 
> 
> Actually the micro processors ae actually cheaper.
> 
> Past that, what do you mean by the second part?

Just that, when you think of our home as "spaceship Earth," we are
already living in a (more or less) sealed system with finite
resources, and our consumptive lifestyle is plundering the very stuff
that is vital to our survival over the long haul. We don't recognize
the damage we're doing because our "ship" is so big, but -- well, I
think you get the idea; it's our throw-away mentality, fueled by
commercialism.
And, I'm sticking with my belief that microprocessors are being
introduced in places they aren't needed. In that, I agree with Ben --
keep it as simple as possible, and you can repair the thing instead
of having to toss it. A microprocessor does not make toast, but if it
fails in your toaster, then who's going to fix the thing?
Agreed, they do make a lot of things work better, and at a low cost,
but we need to learn the difference between necessity and glitz for
the sake of more sales.
I hate being preachy.

Curtis

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