Cpt_Ohu t1_j67ft6l wrote on January 28, 2023 at 6:40 AM

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Our species probably won't discover the stars in the way you imagine. Our existence is already made worthwhile, from the perspective of having an impact. We poisoned our environment and killed almost all wildlife while using up millions of years of compressed sun energy within a few centuries. Unless we somehow find another source of energy on the same magnitude, our technologically prepped up society won't even make it through the next 200 years. Never mind making it off this planet.

tritikar t1_j67kqok wrote on January 28, 2023 at 7:43 AM

Lol, if you think that the collapse of our modern civilisation will be because we run out of energy you are sadly mistaken. There are plenty of ways we might see the collapse of modern society and civilisation. Running out of energy isn't one of them. We will NEVER run out of energy!! Not unless we are such a successful species that we colonies the galaxy and beyond and survive to witness the heat death of the universe, and even then it won't be homosapiens who run out of energy. But some distant descendant species.

Cpt_Ohu t1_j67ljh7 wrote on January 28, 2023 at 7:54 AM

You seem to be misunderstanding. We will not run out of energy. We will run out of cheap energy with high returns. That's what matters.

tritikar t1_j680x7m wrote on January 28, 2023 at 11:31 AM

No we won't. I mean temporarily sure the cost of energy will increase until it reaches a point that it makes the expenditure required to develop the infrastructure for other erergy options economically viable.

After that, near limitless energy that is far cheaper to generate than the current paradigm.

tritikar t1_j682hbm wrote on January 28, 2023 at 11:51 AM

Also I think you have misunderstood me.

I don't mean run out of energy as in "have zero energy available to us". Of course I realise that's not what you meant. I mean run out of energy as in "no longer have enough energy to maintain our current level of modern civilisation". Which correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that's what you are suggesting will happen to us within the next 200 years?