John

Commented on Why we're not going to see sub-orbital airliners
Actually, about 75% of Iceland's electricity generation is from hydro, and only about 25% from geothermal. They are also more aggressively developing the hydro, because it is easier (given their particular set of circumstances) to scale up the hydro than...
Commented on Why we're not going to see sub-orbital airliners
I don't think FT synthesis draws from CO2, but instead it draws from CO, which is typically generated in industrial quantities out of fossil fuels. Large-scale FT synthesis would, in all likelihood, be not even remotely carbon-neutral. Most likely, it...
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"Palimpcest" would presumably be OGH's reboot of Heinlein's "All You Zombies"....
Commented on Things I would make if I had a 3D printer ...
Buy a 4D printer instead, and print yourself a TARDIS....

Common Misconceptions About Publishing—a series of essays about the industry I work in.
How I Got Here In The End —my non-writing autobiography, or what I did before becoming a full-time writer.
Unwirer—an experiment in weblog mediated collaborative fiction.
Shaping the Future—a talk I gave on the social implications of Moore's Law.
Japan: first impressions — or, what I did on my holidays
Inside the MIT Media Lab—what it’s like to spend a day wandering around the Media Lab.
The High Frontier, Redux — space colonization: feasible or futile?
“Nothing like this will be built again”—inside a nuclear reactor complex.
Old blog—2003-2006 (RIP)