Alex Lightman outlines four things to “bring”: food, water, light, and money. He discusses peak food, ammonia fertilizer made from air and electricity, 3D food printers, water scarcity in Sao Paulo and China, atmospheric water generators, solar-powered irrigation pumps, and his company’s solar trees, arguing exponential solar improvement will end oil, and closes on crowdfunding and space-based existential-risk mitigation.
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