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The word "need" is misplaced. It's not about need. It's about whether the upside of the additional energy is bigger than the downside of having to build the thi
by csee 5y ago
The word "need" is misplaced. It's not about need. It's about whether the upside of the additional energy is bigger than the downside of having to build the thing out. You're making an assumption that that upside is too small relative to that downside.
- ncmncm 5y agoYou assume that energy would still be considered a limiting resource. When you have overabundant energy, your choices are driven by other concerns. With plentiful energy, materials are cheap, dismantling moons and minor planets. The actually valuable commodity becomes cold, because high-energy processes produce waste heat that must be radiated away, so you move out to the Kuiper belt.