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Non-Renewable Resources
posted by sleepy-sniper on July 15th, 2023 at 7:17PM

> the same logic applies to every other resource

You're so dumb and economically illiterate that you can't distinguish non-renewable resources from renewable resources.

Helium is NOT a renewable resource. Neither is gasoline. Yes, non-renewable resources should be taxed.
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posted by dennisn on July 15th, 2023 at 7:21PM

> Helium is NOT a renewable resource

You're dumb. Helium can be mined extra-terrestrially. Gasoline can also be made, you think it's magic, that was magically created, and can never be created again?

> Yes, non-renewable resources should be taxed

Everything is technically non-renewable. The universe's law of conservation of energy/mass.

Helium / Asteroid Mining is Retarded
posted by sleepy-sniper on July 15th, 2023 at 9:30PM

> Helium can be mined extra-terrestrially.

No, it can't. It's never been done before, and it never will.

Once again, you're demonstrating that you don't know anything about physics.

There are multiple challenges and dangers with long-distance space travel:
- *Life support*: We need oxygen, water, food and waste disposal. Our life- support supplies and equipment will add a lot of mass. We also need an energy source to power on-board equipment, which adds more mass.
- *Radiation*: Space is full of dangerous radiation. We will need shielding to protect us, which adds more mass.
- *Micro-gravity*: The human body is adapted to gravity. Low or no gravity is harmful. Generating pseudo-gravity by rotation has many issues.
- *Thrust*: We need some kind of engine and propellant to accelerate, decelerate, and maneuver in space. Again, this adds mass to the vehicle. And the rocket equation applies: we need propellant to accelerate propellant.

Not only that, but the energy that you would need to extract and transport helium from the Sun, Jupiter, or wherever else would be ridiculously expensive. You could never make it cheap enough to justify doing it. That's why we should use the Helium that we have now most efficiently.

> Gasoline can also be made.

Oil is a non-renewable resource.

> Everything is technically non-renewable.

Sure, just arbitrarily redefine words what you want them to mean.

posted by dennisn on July 16th, 2023 at 10:47AM

>> Helium can be mined extra-terrestrially.
> No, it can't. It's never been done before, and it never will.
https://www.esa.int/Enabli...he_lunar_surface

> Once again, you're demonstrating that you don't know anything about physics.

*raises mirror [towards you]*

> Not only that, but the energy that you would need to extract and transport helium from the Sun, Jupiter,

THE SUN. OR JUPITER. :))))DDDDD)))

Dunning-

Kruger.

Bruh.

> or wherever else would be ridiculously expensive.

Okay bruh, I trust your expertise and extensive domain knowledge :)))))))). Where can I subscribe to your newsletter, where can I donate. I need this alpha.


> That's why we should use the Helium that we have now most efficiently.

Oh thank you doc / king. Thank you for telling us this. We really need YOU (or your king) to tell us how to use shit on the planet. And obviously it's ALL YOUR shit, it all belongs to YOUR tribe, not my tribe. Obviously.

> Gasoline can also be made.
> Oil is a non-renewable resource.

https://www.thedrive.com/n...-out-of-thin-air

I've lost count, a long time ago, about how many crazy things you said that were demonstrably obviously false. You're a waste of time.

Natural Resources Strawmen
posted by sleepy-sniper on July 16th, 2023 at 11:25AM

> https://www.esa.int/Enabli...he_lunar_surface

That article doesn't confirm whether Helium has been brought to Earth yet, nor does it confirm that it would be cost-effective to do this on a much larger scale.

> Dunning-Kruger.

Please elaborate.

> And obviously it's ALL YOUR shit, it all belongs to YOUR tribe, not my tribe. Obviously.

Strawman Fallacy.

All you've been doing this entire time is complain, complain, complain about how you *think* government can be abused. Those are arguments that a government should reduce corruption, not arguments against the existence of government.

So you haven't given any arguments against the existence of government, nor have you given any suggestions on how to reduce corruption within a society, with respect to optimizing the outcomes the Societal Prisoner's Dilemma and overall prosperity of Humanity.

> https://www.thedrive.com/n...-out-of-thin-air

Interesting. But does that article say anything about the cost-effectiveness of doing this on an industrial scale? I don't think so.

> You're a waste of time.

If it's a fact that I'm too stupid to understand your arguments, then you're wasting your time.

If you're just being mean, then it's counter-productive.

> That article doesn't confirm by dennisn on July 16th, 2023 at 11:35AM.
More Counter-Productiveness 2 by sleepy-sniper on July 16th, 2023 at 7:34PM.