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How big is the oil market (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Where would all of that money or value go when/if humanity finally switched to renewables? Nature has cracked photosynthesis long ago. We should be able to do similarly sooner or later .

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    good question. my bet is aluminum production would go up, because it's frankly a nice material to work with, has excellent properties in many fields, and if electricity becomes cheap/clean, then there's nothing stopping the aluminum world-domination.

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