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[–] TropicalDingdong 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yeah but this is just like, not understanding the scales and orders of magnitude we're talking about here.

[–] Majorllama 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I understand the scales involved. Hence my pointing out that it probably doesn't matter, but I would rather ask and be mocked then never ask and potentially have it fuck us over later. No harm in double checking man.

Edit: spelling

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

No, this is a hold my beer kind of thing.

Give me unlimited energy from the molten core of the earth and I will fuck around and find out.

[–] shalafi 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

LOL, talk about scale...

Look at Earth from space. The atmosphere is the paint on a marble, the rest is almost all core.

Lemmy: But we might use it all up!!!

And never mind how and why it's hot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think you're not understanding how billionaires work. If energy gets cheap enough, the next Elon Musk will probably try to desolonate an ocean or change the Earth's rotation to get more sunlight through their favorite window in winter.

[–] TomAwsm 2 points 1 week ago

Like I read somewhere else on lemmy: "We have like 7 Lex Luthors and no Superman"