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Supply and demand would rapidly reduce this timeline even at incredible energy amounts. There is a virtually unlimited demand for energy. We'd build more energy
by everdev 7y ago
Supply and demand would rapidly reduce this timeline even at incredible energy amounts. There is a virtually unlimited demand for energy. We'd build more energy intensive machines if the supply was so vast. Powering millions of large fans to break up a tornado or a hurricane would now be possible. We'd keep inventing power hungry ideas until balance was restored.
- marcinzm 7y agoTheoretically we'd eventually cook the Earth with waste heat since energy is never lost so there is an upper limit for energy usage on the planet. Off Earth, not so much.
- craftinator 7y agoAccording to a number of physicists I've talked to, at our current rate of energy release this is already a concern. I've heard that we'll need to worry about this in the next 300-400 years.