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Neither will happen. Some computational revolutions will happen (or are already happening). See photo, translation, speech recognition. We will not have cheap
by dmitriid 5y ago
Neither will happen.
Some computational revolutions will happen (or are already happening). See photo, translation, speech recognition.
We will not have cheap abundant energy. On the contrary we'll enter a phase where will have to deal with heavy fallout of many early and current wind and solar farms needing upgrades and replacement.
- dehrmann 5y ago"Heavy fallout" overstates standard maintenance and replacement practices.
- dmitriid 5y agoWhich has never been standard until it became commonplace. And it only became commonplace in the past 10 years or so. Just to quote Wikipedia: == start quote == CdTe and CIGS solar cells contain cadmium, a toxic heavy metal with a tendency to accumulate in the food chain. Solder used in installation also contains lead. Leftover PV panels can contaminate soil, as it happened in 2013 when US-based Solyndra solar farm bankrupted leaving broken panels on site. IRENA 2016 study estimated the amount of PV waste at 78 millions tons by 2050... A 2021 study by Harvard Business Review indicates that by 2035 the discarded panels will outweigh new units by a factor of 2.56 and cost of recycling a single PV panel by then will reach $20-30, which would increase the LCOE of PV by a factor 4. == end quote ==