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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:05:26 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:34:13 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> The problem is that we can in theory  produce marvellous low entropy
> products like computers, but only at the expense of increasing entropy
> elsewhere.

There is an absolutely massive source of energy literally pouring down on 
us, that we can use for this entropy reduction. It’s so massive, it’s 
inconceivable (at this stage in our civilization) that we could ever 
exhaust it. It supplies this energy at the rate of about a kilowatt of 
power per square metre of Earth’s daylit surface.

It’s called our Sun.