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0 pointsbrokenmachine4y ago0 comments

>assumes we haven't already reached a tipping point for a runaway greenhouse effect.

With limitless energy, we could just make some kind of Earth AC unit.

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There is really no such thing as "too cheap to meter" and certainly not "limitless" power.

If absolutely nothing else, there is a limit on the number of powerplants that can be built, and certainly on how fast they can be built.

But I thought humanity was "on the cusp of practically limitless energy"!

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0 pointsbrokenmachine4y ago0 comments

>assumes we haven't already reached a tipping point for a runaway greenhouse effect.

With limitless energy, we could just make some kind of Earth AC unit.

There is really no such thing as "too cheap to meter" and certainly not "limitless" power.

If absolutely nothing else, there is a limit on the number of powerplants that can be built, and certainly on how fast they can be built.

But I thought humanity was "on the cusp of practically limitless energy"!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse