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If a civilization has portable nuclear fusion (plug your spaceship into a suitcase for power), then there's no reason to hang out near a star. People living in
by p1mrx 8y ago
If a civilization has portable nuclear fusion (plug your spaceship into a suitcase for power), then there's no reason to hang out near a star. People living inland never think about how to obtain salt anymore.
- saagarjha 8y agoThey’d have to collect fuel from somewhere…
- 0-_-0 8y agoFrom space for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussard_ramjet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussard_ramjet
- dwaltrip 8y agoIf you want to use vastly more energy than a portable fusion reactor can provide, the nearest star is probably the best place to get it.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoNuclear fusion is not magic infinite energy; the amount produced is limited by the amount of fuel being used. I mean how much power is generated from fusion anyway? Especially at the scale (suitcase) you mentioned? I dunno where your remark about salt comes from either; a lot of salt intended for consumption is dug up from the ground (salt mines).