I do have to say with regards to monsters inc… were either resource “non-renewable”. I mean in honesty I’m always unsure of the economical value of say the scream extractor within the confines of the movie. I don’t think they really did a good job explaining the practicality of kidnapping kids vs the pop in and scare methods.
It kind of strikes me as the matrix battery problem… IE capturing and providing life support for humans would seem to be a resource intensive process. Burning more energy and resources than one would expect to gain.
yeah, the average power plant is one of the heaviest power and resource consuming devices in a given area. it’s still a net positive, but making energy and refining crude fossil fuels is difficult and expensive.
I do have to say with regards to monsters inc… were either resource “non-renewable”. I mean in honesty I’m always unsure of the economical value of say the scream extractor within the confines of the movie. I don’t think they really did a good job explaining the practicality of kidnapping kids vs the pop in and scare methods.
It kind of strikes me as the matrix battery problem… IE capturing and providing life support for humans would seem to be a resource intensive process. Burning more energy and resources than one would expect to gain.
Its all EROI just like oil and such. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_return_on_investment As long as its above one and there are no better alternatives it might make sense.
yeah, the average power plant is one of the heaviest power and resource consuming devices in a given area. it’s still a net positive, but making energy and refining crude fossil fuels is difficult and expensive.