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The global population may be growing, but for developed countries where we get most of our news (I assume, at least I do), they're just starting to tip over into the shrinkage and …

Thanks for the update. A quick look around I found this site: http://www.catchpenny.org/movebig.html that suggests ways it was moved. Quick TLDR. They don't lift it, they dig under…

Thanks for the additional info. > There are some granite blocks that weigh over 1000 tons. We’re told that these were transported from hundreds of miles away, across mountain and o…

What rocks are you referencing? As far as I am aware, modern humanity is by far the most capable civilisation that has ever existed on earth as far as moving rocks is concerned. Th…

I've seen a very good take that it is the ideal renewable fuel for large machinery such as farming or construction equipment. Batteries wouldn't work due to the cost and charging t…

You make some good points. But the Houthis have been being bombed by Saudi Arabia for years and haven't been crippled by it. Getting them to poke and prod some shipping could be an…

The majority of global shipping benefits people Iran don't like. Disrupting this therefore is to their benefit. It adds extra headache for 'the west'.

> Given that the Houthis have said they are holding up ships they consider linked to Israel They're stopping ships that they can, and it is in their interest to stop. Iranian ships…

Why is the sibling comment to this flagged? It's very reasonable.

You have to admit that is an extremely niche requirement.

Compared to who? Modern day, of course they weren't. 1500's Britain was quite poor, but not more so than many other places. If you look at the general populace for basically anywhe…

I do use drugs. I have never seen spirits in a plastic bottle, even own brand super market vodka. Boxed wine exists, and is a bit under half the market (by volume). Wine in glasses…

I agree in theory with you. But you can 'bank' labour for later on. Building infrastructure (that will last) when you have a population bulge, means that the generations after can …

Yeah absolutely! A local service that works well alongside a high speed intercity one would be greta, though may be better to build after the main route (don't want some small stat…

That route at the top would make any high speed rail pointless. You would never get up to a speed to make it worth while. All to stop at places like Castle Rock population 2500. Go…

> I don’t see trains having a huge advantage over a clean grid and EV fleet. And the latter is much easier and faster to build. The latter requires building millions of individual …

Not OP, but there are not enough resources for all of North America, Europe, China and India to live the lifestyle of the average US person. So I guess they are hopeful that India …

> To each their own. They were giving another perspective, not forcing anyone to do anything.

So people can fill in 5 mins, whilst the others work to do this. Elephants can't digest enough calorie rich food to be able to do this. They individually have to spend longer eatin…

The replacements for some of those poisons (large amounts of artificial fertilisers) are animal products. In a world without artificial fertiliser you need to have animals to produ…

How much of this "less raw brainpower" is due to age, and how much is due to potentially having a less focused mind? I have massively noticed issues with my concentration, and I do…

> You can bet your life I was in my car and speeding down the street to get him out ASAP within 60 seconds of receiving the text. "Road traffic crashes are a leading cause of death…

The structure wouldn't be able to passively stay together. If it was to be destroyed then it would burn up in the atmosphere like anything else. It is not made of a magic non-exist…

Not everywhere has the space the the US has. Many places in Europe, especially Germany, the UK and the low countries simply have no space to grow into, the urban areas are basicall…

UK engineers are earning much over £20k a year, even outside of London. Amazons site says: SDE1 is on a low of £45,653 which is $56,344.02 SDE2 is on £70,703 which is $87,257.47 So…