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what about food? wouldnt that be the limiting factor?
by ta988 6y ago
what about food? wouldnt that be the limiting factor?
- baybal2 6y agoIf you can lift exatons of steel into space, you can probably already afford to solve the problem of direct synthesis of all, and every fertilizer, and probably nearly every other chemistry process just by throwing more energy at it.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoRaw materials will be cheap in space, once we crack orbital manufacturing.
- vbezhenar 6y agoPlants convert light to food, you don't even need anything from science fiction.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoYou still need carbon; plants just extract it from the air using light.
- vbezhenar 6y agoReuse CO2 and human waste. You need some income, as reuse can't be perfect, but I think it's manageable.