Re: more grav

At 09:32  15/11/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Yeah.	But if you have a whole planet to choose from,
>you won't settle in the deserts.  You'll settle in the
>nice parts.  They'd still have resources--the only
>reason we develop inhospitally located resources is
>because all the easy-to-grab ones were used centuries
>ago.  And at any rate, it's not comprable because grav
>vehicles don't need air intakes for their engines.

Obviously John's never been to 'Dune' where ever the 'nice areas' are 
hostile :)

Derek

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