This exact question has been tackled by Randall Munroe in his "What If?" section: https://what-if.xkcd.com/38/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/38/ Barely related, bu

This exact question has been tackled by Randall Munroe in his "What If?" section: https://what-if.xkcd.com/38/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/38/ Barely related, but on the same spirit, I recommend Kafka's short story "The city coat of arms" for his perspective on the "there are better engines" line of reasoning: https://www.babelmatrix.org/works/de/Kafka%2C_Franz-1883/Das_Stadtwappen/en/34825-The_City_Coat_of_Arms https://www.babelmatrix.org/works/de/Kafka%2C_Franz-1883/Das...