[fenaer]

From the article:

"Copious and reliable electrical power will be required on Mars, provided most likely by a nuclear fission plant(s) or solar, but is beyond the scope of this discussion."

[masklinn]

Problems are defined as beyond the scope of this discussion, therefore this plan has no problems.

[phreeza]

Ha thanks. I searched for "energy" to make sure I hadn't missed it, but forgot to check for "power" :-D