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All this cheap energy eventually turns into heat. The only way to get rid of excess heat is to radiate it into space, and the only way to radiate _more_ heat in
by rmu09 5y ago
All this cheap energy eventually turns into heat. The only way to get rid of excess heat is to radiate it into space, and the only way to radiate _more_ heat into space is with an increased temperature.
- bliteben 5y agoI love this somewhat tangentially related article: https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2012/04/economist-meets-physicist/ https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2012/04/economist-meets-physicist...
- ajuc 5y agoIn a world with hard-capped energy use the incentives to expand into space would be enormous, I don't think it's unrealistic at that point to think the growth will continue outwards. In particular one can imagine outsourcing every high-entropy activity to space and leaving Earth for low-entropy high-value activities.
- RustyConsul 5y agoThat might be a blessing on mars.
- generalizations 5y agoUnless the cheap energy isn't being burned inside the atmosphere.