If the area you refer to is below sea-level, where would the hard-rains runoff run off to? X ~> -----Original Message----- ~> From: owner-cypherpunks@minder.net ~> [mailto:owner-cypherpunks@minder.net]On Behalf Of Jim Choate ~> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 1998 1:32 PM ~> To: Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer ~> Subject: Re: I thought of an initialy regulated industry!... (fwd) ~> ~> ~> Forwarded message: ~> ~> > 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 --'- ~> -------------------------------------------------------------------- ~> ~>