And, likewise, I know that, after considerable argument, I posted something right before the thread died suggesting that the real thing being exported in the planned hydrocarbon shipping business was energy, and that building a benzene plant on earth and shipping it energy via handwavium batteries would work just as well.
And... need carbon? Venus is drowning in carbon! The sun would go out before oil exports made even one atmosphere's worth of dent in it!
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"Nyan-nyan nyan-nyan nihaou nyan!"
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."
And... need carbon? Venus is drowning in carbon! The sun would go out before oil exports made even one atmosphere's worth of dent in it!
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"Nyan-nyan nyan-nyan nihaou nyan!"
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."