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Re:$22B project to provide 8% of UK energy via undersea cabl... by ClumsyPilot on Thursday March 09, 2023 @09:08PM (#35089575)
> What kinds of benefits would we see in the near future if we invested in providing power to places that could use it for development and not merely consumption

Sounds like you are asking "don't spend 22 billion on infrastructure for yourself, donate 22 billion to build infra for someone else"

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Re:$22B project to provide 8% of UK energy via undersea cabl... by uoaei on Friday March 10, 2023 @07:06PM (#35103209)
Not so simply, no. But if we can pivot to a philosophy of lifting up the lowest among us, rather than exploiting their resources to extract value from them, that would be a positive step for humanity.
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