From 282RA: "No, I'm saying we have long ignored it and hence it has already begun to happen and nothing can now reverse it. Nothing we can do anyway."

So, let me get this straight. We COULD have done something years ago but didn't. Now we SHOULDN'T even try because it's too late. Now that's the good old American get up and go that we all know and love. Why, with that kind of enthusiasm we shouldn't have tried any large projects at all. Why build a canal through Panama? Ships can go around the Horn. Why build a railroad all the way across America? We have ships going around the Horn and stagecoaches to do the in-between work. And going to the Moon is a ridiculous idea! Why bother? It's too much work.

We'll leave it to the Europeans and the Red Chinese to solve this one for us.