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Re:Humans could recolonize Earth after mass extinctions with... by chmod775 on Friday August 06, 2021 @06:46PM (#28093637)
Turning wind, sun, or water into a good source of electricity is fairly low-tech.

There's also still a ton of easily accessible lignite everywhere, which our present civilization doesn't really care about for its inefficiency and ecological concerns.

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Re:Humans could recolonize Earth after mass extinctions with... by calvinmorrison on Friday August 06, 2021 @06:55PM (#28093711)
Also wood gasification can trivially take wood inputs and run internal combustion engines.
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