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Re:July 8 99% of the world’s population in sunlight simultan... by mc32 on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:19PM (#32018805)
Lots of things on Earth are unevenly distributed. Mineral deposits, water, fertile land, mild climates…
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Re:July 8 99% of the world’s population in sunlight simultan... by bigiain on Thursday July 07, 2022 @07:45PM (#32021176)
> Lots of things on Earth are unevenly distributed. Mineral deposits, water, fertile land, mild climates…

... the future.

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Re:July 8 99% of the world’s population in sunlight simultan... by firebaze on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:39PM (#32019040)
Quite probably only if we're ignoring the z-axis (depth), at least when talking over minerals. I think it will be a game-changer if a few km of rock won't be a hindrance anymore. If that ever comes, that is.
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Re:July 8 99% of the world’s population in sunlight simultan... by mc32 on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:59PM (#32019327)
Some elements are kind of well distributed but not others: gold for example, or minerals or hydrocarbons, or even wind.
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Re:July 8 99% of the world’s population in sunlight simultan... by mr_toad on Thursday July 07, 2022 @06:35PM (#32020471)
There’s a huge amount of gold (and other stuff) dissolved in seawater. Something like 20 million tons of it. The trouble is that it’s too evenly distributed.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gold-ocean-sea-hoax-sc...

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Re:July 8 99% of the world’s population in sunlight simultan... by joebob42 on Thursday July 07, 2022 @09:21PM (#32021884)
> elements

> Wind

I know you know and this is just stupid pedantry but it made me cackle

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