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Re:Lockheed Martin has obtained a patent for a compact fusio... by twic on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @08:05AM (#16687474)
> really cheap, clean energy solves pretty much every problem of scarcity

How does it make rent in San Francisco affordable?

How does it make enough grass-fed premium beef for everyone in the world to eat steak every night affordable?

Re:Lockheed Martin has obtained a patent for a compact fusio... by Turing_Machine on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @08:47AM (#16687734)
Well, if energy were cheap enough you could just dig huge, multi-level tunnels, fill them full of grow lights, and raise all the grass-fed beef you wanted.

It's the same with water -- there's plenty of water in the ocean. If energy were cheap enough, you could just distill seawater and get all the freshwater you wanted.

Re:Lockheed Martin has obtained a patent for a compact fusio... by fastball on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @09:17AM (#16687985)
"Limitless" energy would mean the ability to grow crops and meat and everything with very little worry about efficiency.
Re:Lockheed Martin has obtained a patent for a compact fusio... by your-nanny on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @08:13AM (#16687517)
Flying apartment buildings. Lolz