Billy Brown writes:
> Another problem is energy supply. The gray goo is limited to organic matter
> and solar power for energy supply, so its growth rate can't be too much
Photovoltaics means about 1 kW/m^2 peak, and there are a lot of these m^2 out there. However, the color of the goo is grey, not green.
> faster than ordinary microorganisms. A defensive system can mass-produce
> nanobots in industrial fabricators running off the electrical power grid.
And what does electrical power grid run on? Magical fairy-dust?
Where is reconaissance, planning, production, transportation, deployment, action analysis, all in an co-evolutionary scenario?
> Thus, the defensive system can have a far higher reproduction rate.
Non sequitur.
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