Solar power

[oil pan 4]

Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr

I do believe net-zero could eventually be achievable, but it won't ever be as simply as the bureaucrats pipe-dream about.

I agree. It won't look anything like what they think it will. I'm thinking lots of nuclear power and CO2 being piped into depleted oil wells to get more oil out of them.

[freebeard]

I'm thinking lots of nuclear power and CO2 being piped into depleted oil wells...

Information goes off-planet (happening now) -- no power to cell towers.

Mining goes off-planet.

Medium
ARCA's Asteroid Mining Program, an Overview — AMi, Part I
Apr 14, 2023The Asteroid Mining Program (AMi) is a ten-year program, developed by ARCA Space, using real-life technology. The program aims to unlock one of the largest sources of wealth in history, through…

Manufacturing goes off-planet

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Jeff Bezos Wants Manufacturing to Move Off Planet and NASA is Exploring ...
But if humans are to find a permanent place off our planet, developing space manufacturing using materials harvested from space will be the only way to sustain this future. Down on Earth, we can intensify, internalize, and redesign manufacturing and agribusiness to be far more sustainable and do

The big danger is making edible protein directly from atmospheric CO2. That leads to ruination.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by oil pan 4

I agree. It won't look anything like what they think it will. I'm thinking lots of nuclear power and CO2 being piped into depleted oil wells to get more oil out of them.

Not exactly what I had in mind when I mentioned net-zero. Well, despite some European governments harassing farmers, it's possible for a farmer when not harassed by the government to achieve net-zero on his own property, yet some rules of the international carbon-credit trading are quite a PITA for anyone other than big corporations to comply.