Ok, so this is all leading to one very specific place: An anarchic society of steampunk airships harvesting Deuterium from the shirtsleeve zone in Venus’ upper atmosphere.

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westmeal 3 days ago | parent [-]

What would they want with it?

	▲	taneq 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		They'd export it to Earth in exchange for other necessities. Airship parts, water, protein bars, TV shows. Earth would then use the deuterium for its 'free unlimited energy' fusion reactors.
	▲	pfdietz 3 days ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		To make enough giant H bombs to blow Venus' atmosphere into space? This scheme would have some negative aspects. BTW, hydrogen on Mars is enriched in D by a factor of 5 relative to Earth.
	▲	est31 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Deuterium might be the oil of the future as one can do fusion with it easily (in comparison).