Scientists Simulate Alien Civilizations, Find They Keep Dying From Climate Change : futurology

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

Sounds biased.

[+] Letsdothis@lemmy.world -27 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (14 children)

Lol this isnt hilarious. This political issue is what stops aliens civilizations from reaching interstellar levels? This article comes at an opportune time, doesn't it? Yeah, "climate change" is killing all the alien civilizations, that must be it. What a joke... get politics outta here.

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 101 points 1 week ago (12 children)

They're not making the point that "all civilizations will end because of this". The more interesting and credible point they're making is that 1,000 years of energy consumption growth rates at our speed must inevitably, even using 100% renewables, cook the planet. They're not saying "we can't beat climate change under any circumstances", they're saying (if I have understood them) that the way to do it is at least some amount of degrowth, which is quite reasonable.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I wonder how much energy we can get in a space station by having water carry waste heat to the power plant? Or if that would just cook the station?

[–] WldFyre@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What??

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