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UK firm develops jet fuel made from human poo | The starting material is generated in excess and available in plenty. It is a win-win for everyone that the waste is repurposed. (interestingengineering.com)
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UK firm develops jet fuel made from human poo | The starting material is generated in excess and available in plenty. It is a win-win for everyone that the waste is repurposed.::undefined

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

To be even more doomer, people will have to stop living their lives when we run out of everything, so we might as well start winding down now.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Yes I know that's what you want to happen but it's not very likely, we're not really short of anything that we don't have a dozen other options for.

    We'll have oceanic floating factories harvesting sunlight and turning sea water into jet fuel and carbon fibre Christmas toys before consumerism gets close to admitting defeat.

    If you want to change society I'm afraid you have to do the hard thing of coming up with a better idea and convincing people to try it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I hope we do pull off a 90th minute 720 backflip into futurist utopia, that would be mega. But until people start doing basic stuff like voting in their interest, I'm going to prepare for the worst.

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