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why are you fantasizing? none of that is going exist (caveat: unless we figure out infinite clean energy).
by downWidOutaFite 2y ago
why are you fantasizing? none of that is going exist (caveat: unless we figure out infinite clean energy).
- adastra22 2y agoIt’s not fantasy. I’m working on a startup to enable this technology. It’s a hard problem, but not impossible. And the energy needs are not as great as you think. A relatively small patch of the Sahara or Gobi desert or open ocean would be sufficient.
- downWidOutaFite 2y agoYou might need to panel over the whole Sahara: https://www.wired.com/story/the-stupendous-energy-cost-of-direct-air-capture/ https://www.wired.com/story/the-stupendous-energy-cost-of-di...
- adastra22 2y agoMuch less than the whole Sahara.
- Log_out_ 2y agoits indistinguishable from fantasy extrapolating from the given track record . Previous fantasy technology break through like harbor bosch were viable only "after" major diaasters and worldwars and brought with them ever more destructive hidden costs.
- adastra22 2y agoHaber-Bosch predates the world wars.
- Log_out_ 2y agoBut was only usefull with free trade guarantees by a sea empire. In colonial empire times it might aswell have been alchemy to make free cheese on the moon.
- adastra22 2y agoI am confused. Haber-Bosch was developed to work around the need for free trade guarantees. There was enough nitrates in Chile for the foreseeable future in 1911, but Germany wanted a local source of fertilizer to remove their foreign dependency.