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Comment Re:A problem with a potential hydrogen economy. (Score 1) 65

While it is the most common element in the universe - hydrogen is extremely rare in our atmosphere - because it escapes into space by floating to the top and being subject to solar winds.

Make hydrogen into a major growing aspect of our economy, and it WILL escape over time proportional to that.

The problem with that is that unless we're using something other than water to do that, then, well, we're losing water from the water cycle every time we do that. That's essentially how Mars died, by a very similar method of losing its water to solar winds.

More than that even - we also free up oxygen with that process. You know the other half of the oxygen cycle, right? Carbon dioxide.

Every option has costs - we have to use resources to live, and entropy is in all directions - but some options can lead to much worse outcomes if we stop caring about the future.

That's why basic research is crucially important, not just marketing and economic research. But again - that requires caring about the future, and that's also something that's been lost with the generations in power for recent decades.

The power of the economy means nothing without a future to expand into. That requires clear vision based on repeatable truths. Runaway destruction only requires ignoring those truths in favor of an illusion of infinite gain - an illusion that robs us as a people of everything.

Ryan Fenton

I think you should either stop smoking weed, or smoke more of it.

Comment Re:We're not running on renewables (Score 1) 65

The biggest problem with renewables right now is the storage of excess energy; making solid hydrogen is storing the energy for later use.

How much energy do you think is lost burning coal and gas? At least 50% by the time it is in your hands. Lots is lost from solar as well.

So guess what happens if there is more demand for renewable energy without the need for traditional storage (some of which is very dirty, i.e. lithium batteries) and cuts down co2 emissions? More will be created.

But anyway it's great that you thought of a "reason" why this tech wouldn't work and we should keep going doing what we are doing.

Comment Re:Trying to make cities seem rural? (Score 1, Informative) 207

Obviously you haven't been to Spain?

Even country towns are fairly densely populated, because Spaniards, unlike Americans, etc, like to live near other people. They have a thing called a social and family life.

Social interaction is considered the biggest indicator of longevity, hence why Spaniards live much longer than Americans (and they aren't all fat either like Americans)

Comment Re: Good call... (Score 1) 88

Is everyone on here retarded (donâ(TM)t answer that)?
Bloomberg supplies terminals to traders with trillions of dollars under their control. When they read stuff on those terminals they expect it to be confirmed.
What the fuck is wrong with people on this forum, the first amendment doesnâ(TM)t apply in France.

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