tho all the natureworshippers will need to be told to sit down and shut
up.

You can burn all the coal you want. Just make sure you don't create
CO2 and ruin my ski holidays (and much more besides).

If your ski holidays are weighed against the power needs of the masses, you may
have to spend some winters at home. Or travel farther to find the snow.


I agree though, SPS R&D needs to be done *now* so we will have it when we
do in
fact need it.

We could certainly start with some useful research instead of all the
stuff their currently not doing on ISS.

If in fact ISS can even provide such research. My guess is it will require an
entirely new station. But yes, we need to start, and about ten years ago.