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El_Phil · #1 April 4th, 2005, 06:36 AM

As I understood it he could of retired but didn't want to, I vaugely remember some fuss when a German cardinal suggested that he retire.

I can understand why he stayed on, I mean what do you do after being the pope? You can't really just fade into the background.

dogscoff · #2 April 4th, 2005, 07:50 AM

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I can understand why he stayed on, I mean what do you do after being the pope? You can't really just fade into the background.

True. I mean it's not like he could sit back and watch the grandkids grow up like most old folks do...

Strategia_In_Ultima · #3 April 5th, 2005, 07:21 AM

Narf, that would be paraffin. That is indeed candlewax, but it has been in use as a liquid fuel since the Industrial Revolution IIRC. And about the metals, yes, you are right, but if we plan to colonize our system we will need mucho mucho metallicos and that is present in the Asteroid Belt. I don't know/think that we will be able to make do with Earth's production once we get a few colonies up-and-running.

And I wasn't necessariy talking about the near future, it could be 200 years from now, or 1000, or 10000, I don't know. I was just stating that it could be plausible to mine asteroids.