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Surely we can agree that growth in total energy usage must stop at some point? With continuous growth, you run into the limit of the earth's ability to radiate
by rebuilder 6y ago
Surely we can agree that growth in total energy usage must stop at some point? With continuous growth, you run into the limit of the earth's ability to radiate heat into space, or later on, the energy produced by the sun, in worryingly short timeframes.
- nerbert 6y agoWe can agree to talk about it again once we’re exploiting the energy of the entire galaxy.
- rebuilder 6y agoWithout FTL, I'm not sure it makes sense to talk about a "we" doing galactic conquest, it'll be a bunch of societies who never talk to each other, or even separate species given the timescales involved.