Re: I thought of an initialy regulated industry!... (fwd)

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> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 21:22:24 +0200
> From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
> Subject: Re: I thought of an initialy regulated industry!...

> > Personally, I favor the "Pournelle Solution": acquire a 10-mile by 10-mile
> > region of the Mojave Desert. Not in an "ecologically interesting" area of

As was pointed out it does rain out there. Though there is a more insidious
issue that makes such attempts worthless.

Here's how it works...

Humidity in the air settles on the materials. Because of the daily
temperature extremes the expansion of this water causes the materials to
break into very small particles. The wind comes along and transports these
particles downwind.

I'll leave the rest to your imagination and a couple of hours with a geology
text on erosion.


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If the area you refer to is below sea-level, where would the hard-rains
runoff run off to?

X

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~> > Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 21:22:24 +0200
~> > From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
~> > Subject: Re: I thought of an initialy regulated industry!...
~>
~> > > Personally, I favor the "Pournelle Solution": acquire a
~> 10-mile by 10-mile
~> > > region of the Mojave Desert. Not in an "ecologically
~> interesting" area of
~>
~> As was pointed out it does rain out there. Though there is a
~> more insidious
~> issue that makes such attempts worthless.
~>
~> Here's how it works...
~>
~> Humidity in the air settles on the materials. Because of the daily
~> temperature extremes the expansion of this water causes the materials to
~> break into very small particles. The wind comes along and
~> transports these
~> particles downwind.
~>
~> I'll leave the rest to your imagination and a couple of hours
~> with a geology
~> text on erosion.
~>
~>
~>     ____________________________________________________________________
~>
~>                             The seeker is a finder.
~>
~>                                      Ancient Persian Proverb
~>
~>        The Armadillo Group       ,::////;::-.          James Choate
~>        Austin, Tx               /:'///// ``::>/|/      ravage@ssz.com
~>        www.ssz.com            .',  ||||    `/( e\      512-451-7087
~>                            -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'-
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~>

At 12:37 PM -0800 10/1/98, Robert Hettinga wrote:
>At 3:37 PM -0400 on 10/1/98, X wrote:
>
>
>> If the area you refer to is below sea-level, where would the hard-rains
>> runoff run off to?
>
>True enough. The water runs off the mountains *into* most of Death Valley,
>not *out* of it.

Where it evaporates.  Less than 10% humidity.


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At 3:37 PM -0400 on 10/1/98, X wrote:


> If the area you refer to is below sea-level, where would the hard-rains
> runoff run off to?

True enough. The water runs off the mountains *into* most of Death Valley,
not *out* of it.

Cheers,
Bob Hettinga
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