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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by _heimdall on Saturday March 01, 2025 @12:43PM (#43221597)
We're escaping it for a while. Innovation can't make scarce resources magically infinite.

We can absolutely find ways to optimize resources we already have and find new uses for resources, but we can't make resources out of thin air.

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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by dh2022 on Saturday March 01, 2025 @01:21PM (#43221992)
Innovation can totally do it.. We are escaping the finiteness of oil and gas with wind and solar power.
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Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting by _heimdall on Saturday March 01, 2025 @02:38PM (#43222835)
No, we're replacing finite oil and gas with other finite resources. Sun and wind require hardware to be converted into usable energy, that requires finite materials.

Sun and wind also require massive energy storage solutions to replace the ease of storing energy in the form of oil. Again that energy storage requires finite materials to make, maintain, and replace as they degrade.

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