stephankrasner wrote:Wait... How exactly does this work?
SeaGypsy wrote:I've got a way better idea Ibon. Invert your thinking and make ice? I know freezers are a lot more technical than simple heat sink elements, but surely the product would be high value in Panama?
SeaGypsy wrote: The guys I would hire to do this work would otherwise be recycling garbage by hand or harvesting/ drying rice, earning about $3 a day when things go well. Running ice down the hill would earn them a pay rise and give a little pleasure to the locals, a little goes a very long way in poor countries as I am sure you are aware Ibon
SeaGypsy wrote: (we can only hope their education whilst at cloud farm will more than offset their trip's carbon footprint )
Ibon wrote:
Here is what is interesting. They are only superficially aware of peak oil but almost universally ardent proponents of population control. Mostly atheists and very much in favor of radical population control methods. They see the origin of resource constraints more an issue of population than consumption.
These folks share my view that if we only had a billion or so humans we could have a planet where we could indulge in the luxuries of abundance that this planet has to offer.
SeaGypsy wrote:I've got a way better idea Ibon. Invert your thinking and make ice? I know freezers are a lot more technical than simple heat sink elements, but surely the product would be high value in Panama?
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