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Re:Cement recycling method could help solve one of the big c... by bufferoverflow on Thursday May 23, 2024 @11:01PM (#40462429)
> we will very soon have way more power than we know what to do with

Only short term. Humans quickly find ways to use power. There are so many energy-intensive tasks, humankind will not have enough power for a long time.

You can desalinate water or mine crypto. And if we have robots that are comparable to human capability, you can just scale production of everything endlessly.

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Re:Cement recycling method could help solve one of the big c... by prawn on Thursday May 23, 2024 @11:26PM (#40462534)
I imagine we'll be air conditioning bigger spaces and more liberally, in a lot of places.
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Re:Cement recycling method could help solve one of the big c... by quaintdev on Thursday May 23, 2024 @11:16PM (#40462497)
What if we are successful with Nuclear Fusion?
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Re:Cement recycling method could help solve one of the big c... by hackerlight on Friday May 24, 2024 @02:25AM (#40463402)
Impact would depend on cost per kWh of the fusion energy
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