We show that, with reasonable consumption rate estimates, that (1) power is not a strong constraint on the lunar population but (2) the roughly 1 billion ton...
But that’s all theory. Fact is that automation costs energy, and energy creates CO2. So climate change is the force that works against your plan, and since we are heading to 2.8C, time is quickly running out. In addition, trends such as urbanization (which has been taking place for about 5000 years), the rise of fascism etc also don’t seem to be in favor. Taken together, humanity may very well collapse first. So instead of working on your dream, become active; vote, protect.
Fact is that automation costs energy, and energy creates CO2.
I’ve talked about this above:
“If you use local small and natural sources of energy instead of burning millions of tons of coal, you also don’t pollute the environment as much.”
Burning isn’t the only possible source of energy and it’s really effective only with centralisation. Some niche attempts at creating means of local power generation already exist. For example, getting power from living plants. I think switching to such decentralised and eco-friendly forms of energy production is the solution to climate change.
Fascism is another manifestation of “human egoism” which I adressed above. Urbanization doesn’t exist on its own either. It is a consequence of the centralised mode of production, which to my mind, as I said earlier, is something we are going to move away from.
Voting and being politically active isn’t going to invent and adopt new means of decentralised production. It is us, regular citizens, who should do it.
But that’s all theory. Fact is that automation costs energy, and energy creates CO2. So climate change is the force that works against your plan, and since we are heading to 2.8C, time is quickly running out. In addition, trends such as urbanization (which has been taking place for about 5000 years), the rise of fascism etc also don’t seem to be in favor. Taken together, humanity may very well collapse first. So instead of working on your dream, become active; vote, protect.
I’ve talked about this above: “If you use local small and natural sources of energy instead of burning millions of tons of coal, you also don’t pollute the environment as much.”
Burning isn’t the only possible source of energy and it’s really effective only with centralisation. Some niche attempts at creating means of local power generation already exist. For example, getting power from living plants. I think switching to such decentralised and eco-friendly forms of energy production is the solution to climate change.
Fascism is another manifestation of “human egoism” which I adressed above. Urbanization doesn’t exist on its own either. It is a consequence of the centralised mode of production, which to my mind, as I said earlier, is something we are going to move away from.
Voting and being politically active isn’t going to invent and adopt new means of decentralised production. It is us, regular citizens, who should do it.