You have the basic idea. Once this conveyor (sp?) system slows, the weather gets cooler. This could potentially throw us into an ice age within a century.
composite poles don't hurt unless you shatter them. I love mine. Cheap and strong poles would be hard to manufacture for profit as well. The 60-100 dollar poles could use some internal reinforcement though.
Dude, buttering those is so easy it's not even funny. If you have a hard time with those, I don't know how much softer you could go and still have support. Invaders flex and butter super, and i mean *super* easy