No, it’s actually kind of an idea that people have thought about. The upper atmosphere on Venus is a kind of OK environment and because of the thick atmosphere, it’s even easier to float there than on earth. The trouble really starts when the acid clouds begin.

And electricity is carbon neutral because it comes out of the power outlet.

Also we should be moving away from concrete as a building material where possible because it’s terribly energy intensive to make. Of course we need it for some things but there are better materials for walls in normal residential buildings.

I’ve seen those things 10 years ago when somebody was helping a deaf student in university. Used one of those things to talk to a text to speech engine during the lecture. Seemed to work quite well.

While standing next to his sound strength measuring setup no less…