We literally need over a million of these to put a dent in the need that we currently have for CO2 capture.

I'm more concerned with corporate "investors" at this point. But if you really want to fix housing issues in America outlaw the owning of single family properties by corporations and trusts. Individuals can still own as much as they want, but nobody is going to want that much personal liability.

It is, but that's a moot point for california's drinking water supply.

Yes. This idea has been around for quite a while. Still not done.

That's the thing, the foundation's cost is digging, reinforcement and framing for it. The actual concrete is a small fraction of the cost.

The bigger issue is that you'll never get materials approved to build out as things stand with current materials technology. Concrete is great for compression, so stacking things on top of it, it's great for holding them up. But when it comes to sheer stress, it will crack and shatter like crazy. 3d printed homes just wouldn't stand up to weather and conditions that they'd need to in order to be cost effective and meet building codes. Then there's the reinforcement and need to run all kids of stuff through the walls.

After you get over all of those hurdles, you still have to deal with the fact that in various places weather can be very sporadic. And as such the drying and curing of a house would not be even or consistent.

You're better off building a house modularly or even building panels in a factory, then shipping them to site. You get the materials that are optimized for the climate, the conduits and piping needed, and it can be built to the point of exterior weather proofing before a 3d printed house can cure.

The amount that you can reduce costs on modern builds is limited. Mostly by the combination of what materials and methods are approved for building by municipal codes, but also based on several other factors. Realistically you wind up with a lot more fees for inspections and permits, mello-roos or the local equivalent, and lots of other cost structures municipalities throw up. New building is a huge revenue generator for municipalities. So they do their damnedest to make sure that the property taxes are as high as they can get them on new construction.

That still won't fix the underlying issues of commoditization. That just improves population density. You've watched some videos talking about suburban sprawl problems. Now get to the ones that talk about price-fixing for apartments and investment firms buying up entire developments en-masse.

The land isn't even the issue at this point.

>which it has the potential to do dramatically, it puts more people in homes.

Except it doesn't. Because any reduction in costs gets offset by an increase in fees.

That's too simplistic. As long as housing is a commodity, you'll always have an artificial shortage. 2 things need to be revisited to fix it. Zoning, and ownership rights. Prevent ownership of single family homes from companies and trusts and your housing shortage will get fixed real fast.

When you inevitably destroy the bolt and can't get it out, get like a dremel and some metal cutting disks and cut through the bar that the bolt is screwed in through.

You have a much longer way to go than you think. If you're at the point of interstellar colonization, you need to be well past the asteroid harvesting barrier as well.

>that all battery’s company’s are complicit in covering up

There are some companies that don't deal with chemistries that use cobalt. Your claim, like the article, is trying too hard.

Please stop linking garbage. This is trash. The title is a lie, there is no substance to the article. It even describes several things incorrectly.

As with almost everything I see posted on this sub, this is all hype and no substance. Even the description of quantum computing is pulled from a fking sci-fi book instead of reality.

> with way too much government oversight.

You're funny.

There's a web series on youtube called Extra Credits. I love their content. It was originally a video game channel, then they wound up covering some stuff from video games as actual history and it kinda took on a life of its own. They typically cover specific topics, but those topics are usually very interesting. Check out the series on The Broad Street Pump.

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhhhhh.... the blood shall flow!

Electrical systems ground to the frame of the car. If there's a substantial difference in charge between the nozzle and the frame, sparks are possible, though unlikely. Most fueling systems are grounded out to prevent this.

This is actually a thing. It can trigger a CEL if left running when you pop the gas cap.

Yes only. It's like if something happened that caused the human population globally to drop to 1.4 billion in 3 years. That would be devastating to those left behind.