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"us humans will consume the Earth's non-renewable energy and mineral resources almost completely within the next 50-100 years, severely reducing our discretiona
by exporectomy 5y ago
"us humans will consume the Earth's non-renewable energy and mineral resources almost completely within the next 50-100 years, severely reducing our discretionary income for costly activities such as space travel."
I know this is an old article. Perhaps written in the hype of peak-oil days or something like that.
- a3w 5y agoOld, as in ~2019~ 2013. It mentions four, not five mars rovers. So its from before 30. Juli 2020. It might have been writing during the fourth mission, so from 2004-2018 any date might be valid. But i would guess it is very new. Update: Appeared on HN in 2013.
- colordrops 5y agoThe next generation of rockets use methane, which can be made in a renewable fashion, making this point moot.