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To: Behind the Blue Wall
One problem it has, it's miserably, unremittingly cold, even during the months it spends in 24 hour sunshine. Geothermal energy (from at least one volcano) might make a city-sized settlement pretty comfortably warm, and well-lit (from the electrical generation). But you'd want to have a backup plan (like a giant coal-burning pwer plant and six to eight months of coal supply, since delivery of coal would be impractical for a good chunk of the year), and there'd be no economic life for the place, unless Amazon opened a headquarters there. Maybe sell units to pensioners...

14 posted on 12/14/2018 11:46:13 AM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

A more Viable settlement
Than the Moon or Mars,
But still not A Hawaiian VaCa!


20 posted on 12/14/2018 11:57:53 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Yeah, it’s a little cold down there (good weather for server farms!), but human cold-weather tech is ever-advancing. I suspect that a fair number of people would put up with it were the economic prospects worthwhile.


21 posted on 12/14/2018 11:59:38 AM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
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