[ExI] Predictions for 2008 from 1968

[Bryan Bishop]

On Wednesday 26 March 2008, John Winters wrote:
>  You need raw material, namely reduced hydrocarbons.  Those stores
> are quickly running out.  The cost of ethane/ethene will follow that
> of benzene.  Maybe we can convert CO2, but that will be costly as
> well. Oxidation of hydrocarbons is thermodynamically probable -- just
> look how much energy we extract during combustion.  The reverse
> reaction will consume energy.
>
> I think in the end finding a sufficient raw supply will prove to be a
> bigger challenge than designing the machinery to do it.

http://heybryan.org/mediawiki/index.php/Asteroid_mining
http://heybryan.org/mediawiki/index.php/Orbital_algae_farms
-- which can scale as you need it to (just add more surface area).
biofuels :)

- Bryan
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