Makes you wonder if the first life form could live long enough to reproduce, or had to be functionally immortal.

Even “chronically online” seems a bit euphemistic… it’s like we’re all living under oppressive technofascism.

Would Thorium count as a fossil fuel, or renewable, since your basically burning an inexhaustable supply of dirt? Is there a third category?

…and probably emits ten times that much carbon to produce. :-/