ATR2400 t1_irspq0v wrote on October 10, 2022 at 7:15 PM

Reply to comment by stonebraker13 in Podcast: the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life is now looking for "technosignatures" like pollution by asbruckman

I specifically mentioned civilization. Yes if it’s just big lizards you won’t find a ton of pollutants but if they’re intelligent they’ll likely have made use of fossil fuels for at least a little while until they achieved the technological advancement needed to invent and mass manufacture clean energy tech.

Effective solar panels are a whole lot more complicated to develop and manufacture than simply setting coal on fire

stonebraker13 t1_irsw724 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 7:59 PM

Exactly....they saw the destructive bend of the substance and they moved forward. We on the other hand have had technology to use solar panels to collect enough energy from the sun for satellites in space millions of miles from the sun to soak up energy to operate the satellite for over 50 years, but we can't use that tech in our homes, cause of economics? They couldn't make money from us? So we just keep using technology that destroys life...all for nothing