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consider the implications for a post scarcity future (slrpnk.net)

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[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 38 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or just fill debts. Overclock every air conditioner freezer and industrial coolant system for those hours, store that not-heat. Do cpu intensive processes, time industrial machinery to be active during those hours, Sure, desalination, but pumped hydro(even just on a residential scale, more water towers, dammit!) or... Anything.

OR we could just decline to build them because they're... Sometimes too good to make a profit off of?