[deevolution]

Asteroid mining seems like it would become a necessary endeavor once uranium becomes too expensive to extract on earth. I'd bet big that humanity can figure out profitable asteroid mining within the next 100 years!

[arinlen]

> Asteroid mining seems like it would become a necessary endeavor (...)

...or, I don't know, add a wind turbine somewhere?

[bequanna]

Huh, you must me lucky enough to live somewhere that the wind always blows and the sun always shines.

[arinlen]

> Huh, you must me lucky enough to live somewhere that the wind always blows and the sun always shines.

This blend of puerile argument had been thoroughly refuted for over 30 years. Please find another cliche to parrot.

[bequanna]

As long as energy storage is expensive this is a valid argument.

And as we erode our base generation in favor of these intermittent sources it becomes a more serious problem.

[panick21_]

No it doesn't. Its totally unnecessary and there are many much cheaper ways to get fertile material.