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Re:In the Netherlands, a group of scientists is working on f... by pizza on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @01:22PM (#20942526)
I find it hard to believe we would reach 50 billion people within the next millennium without new and incredible resource extraction technologies that would make current food shortage problems look like a piece of cake.
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Re:In the Netherlands, a group of scientists is working on f... by johnisgood on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @01:57PM (#20942893)
Resource extraction... sure, but I think the issue is more that there will be no resources left to extract at some point. We are already wasting a lot of things, even something as basic as water.
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Re:In the Netherlands, a group of scientists is working on f... by antepodius on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @02:50PM (#20943432)
What water? None of it leaves the planet. If you want enough clean water, build a nuclear reactor and hook it up to desalination plants.
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Re:In the Netherlands, a group of scientists is working on f... by johnisgood on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @03:21PM (#20943716)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_scarcity

We do waste water, but this is besides the point. The point is that you could have the best resource extraction technologies, but if there are no resources left to extract due to depletion, then you are pretty much borked.

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