Subject: Re: [smof-politics] Thought for solving two housing crises, but is the cost too high?
From: "Noah Scott" (bigcheese@stellvia.lib)
Reply-To: smof-politics@smofcon.fen
Date: 2014/2/11 19:19
To: undisclosed-recipients
Gen. Mal Fnord, VVS wrote:
> Thing is, I'm reasonably sure that the Irish would like to retain the
> *land* the houses are on. Moving everything including the ground might
> get some people a little upset, know what I mean?
True, especially with the Irish history of not having control of that land for too many recent generations.
Bob Schroeck wrote:
> And if we can'f find someone on Earth willing to sell us that much
> topsoil, why not trade moondirt for earthdirt?
I suspect that, if anybody's willing to sell us topsoil, it would be better used around Port Lowell than in Dublin. And, as Mal has already pointed out, it isn't *Irish* land.
Looks like we do this the "hard" way, then. Which is actually easier, since we know how to land a Fenship, even a big Fenship.
So... Plan 2: Buy the houses, load them onto flatbed rail cars, and let the '999 carry them to Mars. (Assuming Katz and Maetel want the job.) This means we need to build a rail line for the '999 to land on at Port Lowell, and we need to rent some flatbed cars.
Renting the flatbed cars is the easy part. Building the rail line at Port Lowell is going to be more difficult. As far as I know, the Port Lowell City Council hasn't even decided where they want their commuter rail to run, or even if they want commuter rail. And I don't have the resources to buy the houses, rent the rolling stock, and fund building a length of track all at the same time...
Somebody's going to have to lay some track on Mars, and that somebody isn't me.
General Murleen wrote:
> 'Dane housing doesn't mesh with the Tatooine aesthetic we have going
> at Mos Eisley. Thank you, but we'll continue with the "pourstone"
> concrete housing we're building.
I should have realized that... Sorry about wasting your time, General.
--
Noah Scott, of station Stellvia
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
From: "Noah Scott" (bigcheese@stellvia.lib)
Reply-To: smof-politics@smofcon.fen
Date: 2014/2/11 19:19
To: undisclosed-recipients
Gen. Mal Fnord, VVS wrote:
> Thing is, I'm reasonably sure that the Irish would like to retain the
> *land* the houses are on. Moving everything including the ground might
> get some people a little upset, know what I mean?
True, especially with the Irish history of not having control of that land for too many recent generations.
Bob Schroeck wrote:
> And if we can'f find someone on Earth willing to sell us that much
> topsoil, why not trade moondirt for earthdirt?
I suspect that, if anybody's willing to sell us topsoil, it would be better used around Port Lowell than in Dublin. And, as Mal has already pointed out, it isn't *Irish* land.
Looks like we do this the "hard" way, then. Which is actually easier, since we know how to land a Fenship, even a big Fenship.
So... Plan 2: Buy the houses, load them onto flatbed rail cars, and let the '999 carry them to Mars. (Assuming Katz and Maetel want the job.) This means we need to build a rail line for the '999 to land on at Port Lowell, and we need to rent some flatbed cars.
Renting the flatbed cars is the easy part. Building the rail line at Port Lowell is going to be more difficult. As far as I know, the Port Lowell City Council hasn't even decided where they want their commuter rail to run, or even if they want commuter rail. And I don't have the resources to buy the houses, rent the rolling stock, and fund building a length of track all at the same time...
Somebody's going to have to lay some track on Mars, and that somebody isn't me.
General Murleen wrote:
> 'Dane housing doesn't mesh with the Tatooine aesthetic we have going
> at Mos Eisley. Thank you, but we'll continue with the "pourstone"
> concrete housing we're building.
I should have realized that... Sorry about wasting your time, General.
--
Noah Scott, of station Stellvia
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012