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Fossil fuels are so weird to me. Like any strategy game you play you always get two types of resources, one that is finite and one later that is relatively infi

Fossil fuels are so weird to me. Like any strategy game you play you always get two types of resources, one that is finite and one later that is relatively infinite. And the goal is always to reach the second type of resource ASAP. I guess we're still churning away at that tech tree. ;)

abirch 3y ago
I wish we would do more nuclear fusion until we get fission
- exe34 3y ago
  Yes, more solar is great! But we already have working fission!
  - abirch 3y ago
    We have experimental fusion, but I'm not aware of anything that is in production.
    - delecti 3y ago
      I believe the were glibly referring to the fact that solar is really just remote natural fusion.
      - dieortin 3y ago
        Every energy source except maybe geothermal is remote natural fusion
arccy 3y ago
many strategy games just give you a magic generic pool of resources you can draw from, which isn't the case irl where you have to store, distribute, load shift, etc. to match supply
Inscryption 3y ago
It's a bit pompous to imply real life is anything like an RTS game, the latter of which removes a lot of tedious, real-world restrictions. But enjoy your smug attitude as you sit back and know better than people working in the energy field.
- teaearlgraycold 3y ago
  They’re not being smug. They’re just being goofy
p1mrx 3y ago
Fossil fuels are effectively infinite, because we'll hit the temperature cap and end the game before they're depleted. Then we can start the next game, but it's less fun and has fewer players.
- MaxHoppersGhost 3y ago
  This is fear mongering. The world isn’t going to end due to climate change.
  - cbsmith 3y ago
    As he said, it's not that the world ends. It's that the game is less fun and with fewer players.
    - p1mrx 3y ago
      If I were to guess: famine+migration -> political instability -> nuclear war -> remaining fossil fuels difficult to access
cbsmith 3y ago
Fossil fuels are effectively infinite if they last for the entire length of the game.

abirch 3y ago

I wish we would do more nuclear fusion until we get fission

exe34 3y ago
Yes, more solar is great! But we already have working fission!
- abirch 3y ago
  We have experimental fusion, but I'm not aware of anything that is in production.
  - delecti 3y ago
    I believe the were glibly referring to the fact that solar is really just remote natural fusion.
    - dieortin 3y ago
      Every energy source except maybe geothermal is remote natural fusion

arccy 3y ago

many strategy games just give you a magic generic pool of resources you can draw from, which isn't the case irl where you have to store, distribute, load shift, etc. to match supply

Inscryption 3y ago

It's a bit pompous to imply real life is anything like an RTS game, the latter of which removes a lot of tedious, real-world restrictions. But enjoy your smug attitude as you sit back and know better than people working in the energy field.

teaearlgraycold 3y ago
They’re not being smug. They’re just being goofy

p1mrx 3y ago

Fossil fuels are effectively infinite, because we'll hit the temperature cap and end the game before they're depleted. Then we can start the next game, but it's less fun and has fewer players.

MaxHoppersGhost 3y ago
This is fear mongering. The world isn’t going to end due to climate change.
- cbsmith 3y ago
  As he said, it's not that the world ends. It's that the game is less fun and with fewer players.
  - p1mrx 3y ago
    If I were to guess: famine+migration -> political instability -> nuclear war -> remaining fossil fuels difficult to access

cbsmith 3y ago

Fossil fuels are effectively infinite if they last for the entire length of the game.