Saturday, July 14, 1990

New tech horizons.

Before Sept. 30, the Alaska Science and Engineering Advisory Commission will submit a “strategic plan for science and technology for the state. “After seven years of researching and publishing on the subject of an industrial science policy for Alaska, now is the time to summarize the three essential phases of my proposed plan.

The first phase will produce the universal construction materials for building bridges, dams, highways, powerplants, etc. The goal is to encourage government and private entrepreneurship to invest in infrastructural development by focusing science policy on electromagnetic continuous casting and the plasma smelting of minerals.

The second phase will utilize the scientific and engineering knowledge of the first phase and will create a substantial profit for investors while increasing tax revenue for government. This phase will focus on electromagnetic plasma processing for primary reduction of strategic minerals.

The third phase will tap the essence of Western civilization by creating a sense of purpose and direction for our culture. The electromagnetic plasma technologies developed in the first two phases will be miniaturized and launched into space by NASA to participate in space exploration and colonization.

This proposed strategic plan does not necessarily exclude other important projects; only the absolutely essential technologies are summarized here. In fact, other projects will benefit greatly by focusing on the physics equations whereby science and technology increases an economy’s potential rate of growth.

May the Alaska Science and Engineering Advisory Commission be guided by these physics equations in deciding the fundamental direction in which our society will proceed.

Charles E. Duncan