• reksas@sopuli.xyz
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    6 days ago

    if we were given easy unlimited energy, it would at some point be used as a weapon and likely blow up entire solar system

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      only after extracting profits from everyone on the planet - it’s free for whoever they give it to, not for the rest of the species. knowing us, we’d probably bury it and keep buring coal.

    • Soulg@ani.social
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      6 days ago

      Unlimited energy doesn’t mean infinite amounts to harness at once, just that it produces more than you put in

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      6 days ago

      The very first thing anyone would do is try to horde it, control it, and keep others from having access to it without paying for it, which would increase the likelihood of it being used as a weapon.

      I grew up in the Cold War. None of this is new.