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In sci.physics Jeff Findley <jfindley@cinci.nospam.rr.com> wrote:
> In article <ntlfkp$ipl$1@gioia.aioe.org>, invalid@invalid.com says...
>> 
>> there may not be any coal or oil on Mars if no huge plants growing in
>> its past like on earth. "=> no fuel on Mars"
> 
> So you use solar and nuclear power.  And if fusion power ever becomes 
> practical, you use that too.  Just because we're dependant on fossil 
> fuels here on earth doesn't mean a Mars colony needs to be!
> 
> Jeff

To get the equivalent of a small 50 MW nuclear reactor on Mars, you
would need over a million square meters of solar panels which only work
during the day.

If we had dilithium reactors, warp drive, replicators, and transporters
the problem would be trivial.


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Jim Pennino