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Human manufacturing seems to pollute everything. Plastic in the bodies of water etc.

It’s the tragedy of the unmanaged commons! People don’t care about exponential growth issues until it’s a few seconds to midnight. Except in the case of Kessler syndrome, it’s even worse because it grows AFTER you stopped.

Bitcoin mining electricity use is another big example.



On the other hand, we can solve Bitcoin mining heat output by putting it in orbit with solar panels.




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