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>"With future technology, it could be even longer." This sort of misses the point that under this thought experiment there is no future technology, and that to
by hnnewguy 12y ago
>"With future technology, it could be even longer."
This sort of misses the point that under this thought experiment there is no future technology, and that to get at the vast reserves we have left would require that technology. We won't be deep sea drilling or fracking if we get rebooted. Nor will we be digging holes in the prairies and having crude gush to the surface.
- fleitz 12y agoWe simply burn the forests... given the absence of the majority of humanity there is plenty of forest to burn.
- balabaster 12y agoand you can burn 1 cord per acre per year without depleting the forest at all... the trick is to keep consumption to no more than that.