Zionist Nationalist wrote:Yes there is a limit even for metal and gold because its something that takes millions of years to be formed and there is a limit on how much you can recycle because every time you recycle you lose some matter
Wrong. You are assuming that new production from ore can't exceed recycling losses indefinitely. But it can. You just have to use worse and worse ore, exactly as we have been doing for thousands of years, and recycle more and more efficiently.
this does have an actual basis its a mathematic calculation on how many people use x amount of resources
I.e., it incorrectly assumes per capita resource use can't be reduced by recycling or more efficient production methods. What would the calculation show based on ASSUMING people would continue to heat their homes with trees and light them with whales, hmmmm?
and how much x amount of resources we can create and how many we have left of that resource before its depleted
Which I've shown is also wrong. Reserve calculations are based on CURRENT extraction technology and prices. Improve the technology and/or increase the price, and reserves get larger.
Assumptions (false ones). Not facts.
Suntzu wrote:Unfortunately, the population of intelligent folks tends to be shrinking while the population of stupid folks is increasing at an alarming rate.
The Flynn Effect says otherwise. And soon we won't need as many intelligent people, because SAI will be intelligent for us. Is it a problem that people are not as strong as they used to be when they had to chase down game to eat, carry everything they owned on their backs, or pull plows by hand?
anasawad wrote:We could do the easiest non-fantasy solution with the technology available right now, which is send specialized drones and satellites to other planets and asteroids to extract resources and with a device to beam it back to earth.
That would be fantastically costly in energy. Far cheaper to just change its orbit to head back and be intercepted. The chaotic nature of the solar system implies that if you have good enough information, are patient enough, and can calculate accurately enough, you can move almost any object smaller than a planet anywhere in the solar system at arbitrarily low cost. The beaming system would only make sense if you needed the stuff instantly.