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Two final comments.

1. I agree that once the habitat and the mental talent that resides
there is established, organic economic growth will spawn industries
suitable to the resources on hand. My suggestion of an burgeoning
information technology industry is due the fact that cerebral horsepower
is the main component of production rather than materials and the
habitat should be a unique position to compete in that marketplace.
What makes silicon valley unique is not because it has cheap sources of
silicon but because it has a unique critical mass of skilled, educated
workers who want to live in California. Perhaps this suggestion suffers
from a limitation of my imagination and like you suggest, industries
that we can't even imagine will emerge.

2. I think that the big disconnect in my vision and what you see is
because I am extrapolating technology trends into some distant future
where material costs trend towards zero and intellectual costs toward
100%. However, due to an accelerating Kurzweillian growth trend this
distant future may be nearer than many are willing to concede.