Ask HN: What problem would you solve with unlimited resources?

I’ve always loved the Star Trek spin that once you have unlimited energy, a lot of human dynamics cease to be exist. Capitalism is one of them.

Why?

Because it's already killing people every day. And is slowly but surely making our environment entirely unstable. But as a typical consumer we don't have much power to stop it.

Do you need unlimited money? Not necessarily, but there are so many different possibilities when it comes to dealing with it. Carbon capture, green energy, (fusion?!), energy storage, planting more millions of trees, phasing out fossil fuels, holding companies accountable for their use of fossil fuels, the list goes on.

Looking at any one of these would be an expensive endeavour. Hopefully we can find small but very impactful methods in dealing with our climate troubles. Because as someone who turns 30 this year, it isn't looking promising for the next 30 years.

I would get rid of first past the post voting scam and change to proportional representation.

Labour won at the last election with just 33% of votes, not 33% of the population of the UK, this is not representative of the people.

Only about 50% (35 million) of the entire population voted. So about 10 million people out of 70 million people decided who should run my country. Thats why they do not represent me or us.

I would charge every person in the UK just £1 to vote.

This money, say £50,000,000, would be shared equally among political parties. They would then sell us their proposals and we would vote on them.

Instead of our Government working for big business, government would be working for the people.

get rid of lobbying and business money influencing politics.

A minumum tax of 75% on the rich.

stop private ownership of housing specifically to generate profit. you can buy a house to live in not to rent it out.

A local housing project recently built near me, was sold as affordable housing, to help wth local homelessness etc.

It was very affordable for the rich, One guy I know bought 19 of those brand new properties on a huge mortgage, and rented them out at extortionate prices. He raked in a tidy £30,000 a month profit! Plus the accrued increase in value of the properties each year.

Private renters generally pay the house owners mortgage, its a scam.

The renter pays the mortgage and the house owner walks away with the tax free profit.

Tax unearned income on profits on housing.

The bigger the house the more tax you pay.

get rid of the BBC

I am a socialist, which for me means, to create an equal society