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A tank of gasoline is fairly robust against small collisions and easily replaced if bent. Batteries don't bend, and are prone to internal shorting under impact.
Some types of batteries have been shown to be fire resistant to puncture and cut.
Quote from: Zer0 on 01/03/2024 16:17:27The very act of Predictions, high or low, is what Affects the Final outcome.Not the prediction itself per se, but the real actions based on the prediction. That's including publication of the prediction, which can affect the decision and actions of other economic players. Predictions alone without follow up actions are not that influential.
The very act of Predictions, high or low, is what Affects the Final outcome.
ps - Nobody sells a Goose that lays Golden eggs.
Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 13/03/2024 04:06:08Some types of batteries have been shown to be fire resistant to puncture and cut.And many are prone to self-combustion after impact - or even spontaneously. Lead-acid batteries are less suicidal but emit hydrogen and explode from time to time.
Predictions are Actions!
SpaceX launched Starship atop of its Super Heavy booster from their Starbase facility in South Texas on March 14, 2024 Credit: SpaceX
Making space travels economical is an instrumental goal for building a multiplanetary civilization, which in turn is an instrumental goal to pass a well known great filter.
1. Define "civilisation" (10 marks)
A civilization (British English: civilisation) is any complex society characterized by the development of the state, social stratification, urbanization, and symbolic systems of communication beyond natural spoken language (namely, a writing system). Historically, a civilization has often been understood as a larger and "more advanced" culture, in implied contrast to smaller, supposedly less advanced cultures.The word civilization relates to the Latin civitas or 'city'. As the National Geographic Society has explained it: "This is why the most basic definition of the word civilization is 'a society made up of cities.'"Another group of theorists, making use of systems theory, looks at a civilization as a complex system, i.e., a framework by which a group of objects can be analysed that work in concert to produce some result. Civilizations can be seen as networks of cities that emerge from pre-urban cultures and are defined by the economic, political, military, diplomatic, social and cultural interactions among them. Any organization is a complex social system and a civilization is a large organization. Systems theory helps guard against superficial and misleading analogies in the study and description of civilizations.Many theorists argue that the entire world has already become integrated into a single "world system", a process known as globalization. Different civilizations and societies all over the globe are economically, politically, and even culturally interdependent in many ways.
2. Explain why you think this would be a Good Thing to do. (40 marks)
PS It seems Spacex is looking about as reliable as Boeing right now.
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All civilisation has done for the universe so far has been to increase the entropy
reduce the biodiversity of this planet, to the point at which it may become unsustainable.
I'm sceptical of how you measure entropy of a civilization.
It's the entropy of the planet, not the "civilisation" that matters.
But, assuming you consider homo "sapiens" to be a highly conscious being, the evidence is to the contrary.
Why would filling the underground seas of Europa with microplastics be a Good Thing? Burying discarded email printouts and empty beer cans on Titan would benefit the universe precisely how?