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  • Any moon mining is going to be expensive because it’s the moon. That kind of travel is going to be expensive.

    We do tunnels all the time, it’s not that energy intensive that it’s prohibitive. If you add up all the tunnels from tunnel boring machines I bet you’d be surprised how many there are around everywhere. It’s simply cost from the complex machinery (that’s not energy), all the crews, the bit of the fickle nature of it. Nevermind that it doesn’t need to be a tunnel, we have huge swaths of empty land.






  • it turns out, orcas – especially the kids and teens – just want to have fun. The report reveals that a combination of free time, curiosity and natural playfulness has led to young orcas adopting this ‘trend’ of boat-bumping

    In recent years, a dramatic recovery in the population of bluefin tuna in the region has been a win for a group of about 40 critically endangered Iberian killer whales that feed exclusively on the large fish. This has meant they’ve cut down their time spent foraging, leaving space for other ‘hobbies.’


  • Moving? No. But apparently an early benefit of dams was to provide water throughout the year. Might see more of that.

    Moving water is tricky. If you’re lucky you can move it downhill, but I expect the situations where you can do that from flood to drought is not common. Moving uphill is pretty much out because it’ll take too much energy.