Soil as a resource - Revision history

Apm: /* Sugar and "friends" as a resource */ wen => when

2023-01-17T06:27:01Z

Sugar and "friends" as a resource: wen => when

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	Remember: We don't wanna eat it here but just use it as a carbon and hydrogen supplying resource.		Remember: We don't wanna eat it here but just use it as a carbon and hydrogen supplying resource.

	You could use mechanosynthesized sugar but why would you do that ~~wen~~ you then just disassemble it for its carbon content again?		You could use mechanosynthesized sugar but why would you do that when you then just disassemble it for its carbon content again?
	You'd rather synthesize sugar mostly as food for living organisms that cannot digest unnatural petrochemical organics.		You'd rather synthesize sugar mostly as food for living organisms that cannot digest unnatural petrochemical organics.

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	* (1) occur in large quantities		* (1) occur in large quantities
	* (2) can be easily purified		* (2) can be easily purified
	* (3) and can easily be split into monomers		* (3) and can easily be split into monomers

	== The lithosphere as a resource ==		== The lithosphere as a resource ==

Apm: /* Related / Common stones

2021-06-01T15:10:49Z

Related: * Common stones

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	* [[Lithospheric mesh]]		* [[Lithospheric mesh]]
	* [[Air as a resource]]		* [[Air as a resource]]
			* [[Common stones]]

	== External links ==		== External links ==

Apm: /* Related / added: Air as a resource

2021-04-25T10:22:22Z

Related: added: * Air as a resource

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	* [[Deep drilling]]		* [[Deep drilling]]
	* [[Lithospheric mesh]]		* [[Lithospheric mesh]]
			* [[Air as a resource]]

	== External links ==		== External links ==

Apm: /* Destructiveness */ spelling & we -> one

2021-03-26T14:37:50Z

Destructiveness: spelling & we -> one

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	Unlike in the case of [[air as a resource]] soils come with more or less structure.		Unlike in the case of [[air as a resource]] soils come with more or less structure.
	If it comes to really excessively ~~lagrge~~ planetary scale mining operations in the lithosphere then we might want to start thinking about preservation of geological structures, despite geological structures stand pretty much on the lowest rung when it comes to things worthy of preservation.		If it comes to really excessively large planetary scale mining operations in the lithosphere then one might want to start thinking about preservation of geological structures, despite geological structures stand pretty much on the lowest rung when it comes to things worthy of preservation.
	Same for other bodies of the solar system.		Same for other bodies of the solar system.

Apm: /* Dissolving rather than cutting */

2020-08-20T12:29:26Z

Dissolving rather than cutting

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	is that almost all of them do not like to dissolve in watery solutions.		is that almost all of them do not like to dissolve in watery solutions.
	But we need to get our crude resource materials dissolved in a liquid structureless state		But we need to get our crude resource materials dissolved in a liquid structureless state
	for easy pre-processing into a suitable feed-stock for [[gem-gum ~~Factories~~]].		for easy pre-processing into a suitable feed-stock for [[gem-gum factories]].

	In that regards sodium could be used as a rock dissolution agent.		In that regards sodium could be used as a rock dissolution agent.

Apm: /* Weapons and malicious intent */ added subchapter

2020-08-20T12:25:29Z

Weapons and malicious intent: added subchapter

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	== Weapons and malicious intent ==		== Weapons and malicious intent ==

			=== More food for replicators ===

	With increasingly growing capabilities of processing of diverse resource materials		With increasingly growing capabilities of processing of diverse resource materials
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	So one might worry about [[the grey goo meme\|soil assimilating replicators]].		So one might worry about [[the grey goo meme\|soil assimilating replicators]].
	That is: This way the niche of potentially unbounded unchecked replication could grow.		That is: This way the niche of potentially unbounded unchecked replication could grow.

			=== Less mobility for replicators ===

	By the intoduction of the necessarily deeply macroscopic [[desktop refineries]].		By the intoduction of the necessarily deeply macroscopic [[desktop refineries]].
	the mobility part of the [[reproduction hexagon]] counteracts that though.		the mobility part of the [[reproduction hexagon]] counteracts that though.

			=== Replicators revert back to conventional warfare ===

	A full soil consuming self replicating system unconditionally needs to include this macroscopic refinery element that is more vulnerable to a counterattacks than much smaller system elements. It is a fat sitting duck that "just" needs to be collected and isolated.		A full soil consuming self replicating system unconditionally needs to include this macroscopic refinery element that is more vulnerable to a counterattacks than much smaller system elements. It is a fat sitting duck that "just" needs to be collected and isolated.
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	But often better even just reprogram the whole war machine thing and use it as is,		But often better even just reprogram the whole war machine thing and use it as is,
	which is the fastest thing to do.		which is the fastest thing to do.

			== Other ==

	When restricted to the topic resources from soils a more likely and more effective weapon might be '''software based mining supply blockades'''.		When restricted to the topic resources from soils a more likely and more effective weapon might be '''software based mining supply blockades'''.

Apm: /* Extraction difficulty and destructiveness */ added section == Destructiveness ==

2020-08-20T12:22:40Z

Extraction difficulty and destructiveness: added section == Destructiveness ==

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	== Extraction difficulty ~~and destructiveness~~ ==		== Extraction difficulty ==

	Soils are chaotic aka non-ordered aka non [[eutactic environment]]s.		Soils are chaotic aka non-ordered aka non [[eutactic environment]]s.
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	Some inefficiencies due to scale-down may be compensated via taking more process iterations.		Some inefficiencies due to scale-down may be compensated via taking more process iterations.
	No complex constructive chemistry needs to be done, greatly simplifying things.		No complex constructive chemistry needs to be done, greatly simplifying things.

			== Destructiveness ==

			Unlike in the case of [[air as a resource]] soils come with more or less structure.
			If it comes to really excessively lagrge planetary scale mining operations in the lithosphere then we might want to start thinking about preservation of geological structures, despite geological structures stand pretty much on the lowest rung when it comes to things worthy of preservation.
			Same for other bodies of the solar system.

	== The biosphere as a resource ==		== The biosphere as a resource ==

Apm: basic version of the page

2020-08-20T12:17:37Z

basic version of the page

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-* difficulty to extract elements -- non [[eutactic environment]]
+== Extraction difficulty and destructiveness ==
-* sugar as a building resource
+Soils are chaotic aka non-ordered aka non [[eutactic environment]]s.
-* lithosphere as a resource (using sodium as a rock dissolution agent)
+This makes direct [[atomically precise disassembly]] very difficult if not nigh impossible.
-* biosphere as a resource
+In most but a very few exception cases (like e.g. perfect salt crystals maybe) it will likely be easier to somehow dissolve the solid resources into a liquid form and continue further processing from there.
 == Related ==
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 * Wikipedia: complex organic material rich of carbon rings - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humin Humin]
 * Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_biomantle Soil biomantle]

Apm: extended the skeleton outline

2020-08-20T09:37:58Z

extended the skeleton outline

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	* difficulty to extract elements		* difficulty to extract elements -- non [[eutactic environment]]
	* danger of the malicious intent to create [[the grey goo meme\|soil assimilating replicators]]		* danger of the malicious intent to create [[the grey goo meme\|soil assimilating replicators]]
	* ~~related:~~ sugar as a building resource
			* sugar as a building resource
			* lithosphere as a resource (using sodium as a rock dissolution agent)
			* biosphere as a resource

			== Related ==

			* [[Atomically precise disassembly]] -- [[Recycling]]
			* [[Deep drilling]]
			* [[Lithospheric mesh]]

	== External links ==		== External links ==

Apm: fixed horrible spelling

2020-08-20T09:30:48Z

fixed horrible spelling

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	* ~~diffeculty~~ to ~~extrect~~ elements		* difficulty to extract elements
	* danger of the malicious intent to create [[the grey goo meme\|soil assimilating replicators]]		* danger of the malicious intent to create [[the grey goo meme\|soil assimilating replicators]]
	* related: ~~shugar~~ as a building resource		* related: sugar as a building resource

	== External links ==		== External links ==

	* Wikipedia: complex organic material rich of carbon rings - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humin Humin]		* Wikipedia: complex organic material rich of carbon rings - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humin Humin]
	* ~~wikipedia~~: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_biomantle Soil biomantle]		* Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_biomantle Soil biomantle]