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#1 2026-02-01 15:43:15
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Carbon is the New Metal--- Also biological materials source.
https://www.youtube.com/live/DVhJQ0WDv2s
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Carbon is the New Metal
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This may change the value of other worlds. If they have lots of Carbon, it may be economic to "Mine" them.
I hope the high powers do not mind that I made this its own topic here, it seems to me that going forward procuring Carbon on this world and many other worlds, will drive much of the future economy.
I note that if they can make power lines from Carbon, then it should be possible to "Mine" the Copper and Aluminum out of the existing power lines over time.
And I know Orange Man is a windmill hater, (Even so at this time I like the color Orange), but I wonder just how high of a windmill you could build with Carbon.
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#2 2026-02-01 16:56:37
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Re: Carbon is the New Metal--- Also biological materials source.
I am speculating that a country like Australia might be able to make Carbon products from the air.
Perhaps that industry would only run during the day. I suppose they might source Carbon from Natural Gas, but maybe they don't have that much of Natural Gas.
If they could grow vegetation with sea water then they could apply pyrolysis to it to extract a Hydrated fuel and also Carbon. Again pyrolysis could be done during the day.
This could apply to various places in the world.
Obviously the value of Carbon products will matter.
Probably with automation and humanoid robotics the labor to produce Carbon Products is going to benefit from low labor costs.
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#3 2026-02-02 14:11:57
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Re: Carbon is the New Metal--- Also biological materials source.
A video about Carbon: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/c … i-AA1URQzJ
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Carbon nano-onions are about to be a big deal
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#4 2026-02-14 17:55:59
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I ran into a video about using mushrooms for structures on Mars: https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/r … ORM=VAMGZC Quote:
Radiation-Proof Mushroom Houses on Mars? NASA's Phase III Breakthrough Explained
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I have recently read that high efficiency electrolysis of water is possible with Alkaline water without the use of Iridium, but perhaps with Nickle or other metals.
It has occurred to me that this topic dealing with the creation of Carbon Solids from things like Methane, the production of Hydrogen and Oxygen can be another path to useful things.
Precision fermentation, possibly using consuming CO2 and Hydrogen will produce Methane as a byproduct.
Methane can make Carbon Solids, and simple Carbon Solids could grow Mushrooms/Mycelium, I believe.
So, by involving non-biological and biological paths, various options may exist.
You could split water and keep the Oxygen as a propellant, and then do precision fermentation using CO2 and H2>>>Methane
For Rocket Fuel.
Or....
Then Split the Methane into Carbon and H2>>>back to the Precision fermentation.
Mix Carbon Solids with soil and then grow Mycelium on the Mix to produce structure and/or mushrooms for food.
So, with this process, (I think), you don't have to have biomass to grow Mycelium/Mushrooms, but could perhaps use non-Biological Carbon production to get structure and food.
And your precision fermentation can also produce things like synthetic milk.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_fermentation
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Precision fermentation can produce a variety of foods and ingredients, including:
Dairy proteins (e.g., casein, whey).
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Egg proteins (e.g., ovalbumin).
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Lipids (e.g., alternatives to palm oil).
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Enzymes and flavor compounds.
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Nutritional factors like vitamins and antioxidants.
2This technology allows for the production of high-quality ingredients with minimal environmental impact, making it a promising approach for sustainable food production.
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So then you might be able to get foods from precision fermentation and mushrooms.
Possibly cellular agriculture also to make artificial meat????
The point is you might bypass photosynthesis altogether, perhaps.
If you can base your foundations on CO2/H2/O2 + Energy >Food + Methane +Oxygen and Methane gives you Carbon and H2. You have a lot of what plants can do for you.
Over time with bioengineering Mushrooms might be improved per human food needs as well and for structures.
I hope I am correct in this.
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