Re:We Are Now One Year Away From Global Riots, Complex Syste...
by bryanlarsen on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @11:12AM
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Heading off the inevitable "what about food?" comment.
Energy can be turned into food in a limited space very efficiently. Back of the envelope calculations show that a few hundred large nuclear power plants could feed the entire world. The only reason we don't do it this way is because it's cheaper to use the sun as a power source.
Energy can be turned into food in a limited space very efficiently. Back of the envelope calculations show that a few hundred large nuclear power plants could feed the entire world. The only reason we don't do it this way is because it's cheaper to use the sun as a power source.