• where_am_i@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    It’s obvious that stars provide obscene, unimaginable amounts of energy. It’s also clear that this energy can be captured and stored.

    We, currently, can’t exit our orbit without using oil, but that does not mean it’s theoretically impossible.

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      3 months ago

      Climate change is just one of six planetary boundaries that we’ve crossed, out of a total of nine. The choice of rocket fuel is largely inconsequential compared to the effects of maintaining the industrial capacity necessary for such endeavours.

    • MindTraveller@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      Don’t most rockets use hydrogen oxygen reaction? Separating hydrogen from oxygen requires only electricity, which we can produce renewably.