• @Asafum@feddit.nl
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    91 year ago

    It’s a closed system as far as resources go. We’re not adding new material to the earth other than falling space debris and meteorites.

    • @bitflag@lemmy.world
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      41 year ago

      We are not adding materials (…yet, mining asteroids isn’t that far fetched anymore), but we also aren’t removing any either and can recycle old stuff into new stuff. Also we get a constant supply of virtually limitless energy from the sun.

      • @xanu@lemmy.world
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        41 year ago

        we’re not removing fossil fuels? We can just recycle coal/natural gas/oil after burning it? someone should tell that to all the scientists

        • @bitflag@lemmy.world
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          11 year ago

          We can just recycle coal/natural gas/oil after burning it?

          Indeed we can. That’s not to say we should keep burning those resources right now, but the carbon is not disappearing into an alternate universe either.