XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics   
      
   In sci.physics Jeff Findley  wrote:   
   > In article , 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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