program of energy as foreign aid using lunar resourceswill allow us to move outward to the stars while improving our biosphere and creating the possibility of sustainable development with economic justice. Acknowledgements This work was funded by internal R&D funds of Ad Astra, Ltd.. My thanks to Tom Hirons, Steve Howe, and Bill Stanbro of Los Alamos National Laboratory for their encouragement and critical comments. I’hc use of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Library, which is open to the public, proved invaluable. My deep appreciation to my wife on this our 20lh anniversary for her support in seeing this work to completion. My efforts are dedicated to my children and the children of the world who will inherit the future we create. REFERENCES [1] Amagai, H., (1991) "Environmental Implications of Fuel Substitution and thermal Efficiency: A Case Study of Japan’s electricity Sector," Energy Policy, January/February 1991, Butterworth Publishers. [2] DREGNE, H. E., (1985) "Aridity and Land Degradation," pp. 16-33, Environment, Vol. 27, No. 8, October, 1985. [3] ENGEL, J.R., (1990) "Introduction: The ethics of sustainable development in Ethics of Environment and Development: Global Challenge and International Response," editors: J. Ronald Engel and Joan Gibb Engel, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ. [4] GOULET, Denis, (1990) "Development ethics and ecological wisdom in Ethics of Environment and Development: Global Challenge and International Response," editors: J. Ronald Engel and Joan Gibb Engel, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ. [5] Kothari, R., (1990) "Environment, technology, and ethics in Ethics of Environment and Development: Global Challenge and International Response," editors: J. Ronald Engel and Joan Gibb Engel, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ. [6] Markovic, M., (1990) "The Development Vision of Socialist Humanism, in Ethics of Environment and Development: Global Challenge and International Response,” editors: J. Ronald Engel and Joan Gibb Engel, University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ. [7] MORONE, J. G. AND WOODHOUSE, E. J., (1989) The demise of nuclear energy? Lessons for democratic control of technology, Yale University Press, New Haven. [8] Pollock, D. H., (1980) "A Latin American Strategy to the Year 2000: Can the Past Serve as a Guide to the Future?" in Latin American Prospects for the 80’s: What Kinds of Development: Deformation, Reformation, or Transformation, eds. David H. Pollock and A.R.M. Ritter, Conference Proceedings, Norman Patterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, November, 1980. [9] STARR, C. ANDSearl, M. F., (1990) "Global Energy and Electricity Futures: Demand and Supply Alternatives," Energy Systems and Policy, Vol. 14, pp. 53-83, 1990, Taylor and Francis. [10] World Bank, (1989) The Environment, World Bank, Washington, DC.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTU5NjU0Mg==