Reply #10: Um ... I'm not arguing for Minato, or even OU

[Dogmudgeon]

He's also jumped on the same bench before, and his deficiencies in understanding physics are well-known.

The same kind of crap hit the fan in the 1920s-1950s over atomic energy. Every time some DIY savant felt the itch of a wild hair, the word "atomic" was trotted out. The terms "zero-point", "scalar" and "over-unity" are currently being worked like five-dollar whores on account of interesting new developments in cosmology.

My point was simply this -- I DON'T want to see any kind of tapping into the Universal Spooge until we have learned how to deal properly with terrestrial, domestic energy use AND have developed an industrial presence in space. Otherwise, we'd be like a beehive that somehow built a kerosene heater right inside the hive.

Result? One big sweet, steaming, sticky, lethal mess.

--bkl