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It's very interesting to consider what would be required for a minimal industrial complex that supports microprocessors. My intuition is that it would be much s
by roca 7y ago
It's very interesting to consider what would be required for a minimal industrial complex that supports microprocessors. My intuition is that it would be much smaller than "the full Earth industrial complex". Seems like a question that is actually answerable with research, and potentially important too as a hedge against our current industrial complex collapsing.
- robbiep 7y agoHere’s an article on that: http://caseyexaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/09/how-to-industrialize-mars.html?m=1 http://caseyexaustralia.blogspot.com/2018/09/how-to-industri...
- roca 7y agoExcellent link, thanks! That's exactly the sort of analysis required, though a lot more is needed. I didn't follow why mining has to be (or should be) so human-labor-intensive.