太空采矿可能会刺激可持续增长
Maxwell Fleming1, Ian Lange1, Sayeh Shojaeinia1
1Division of Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401.
概括
太空采矿可以使继续使用金属和经济增长,同时减少地球的环境影响. 这种从以地球为基础的采矿转向以太空为基础的资源的过渡,为实现可持续发展提供了一条道路.
科学领域:
- 经济学 经济学 经济学
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 太空探索 太空探索
背景情况:
- 经济模型通常将地球视为对资源的封闭系统.
- 太空发射成本的下降 (例如,由蓝色起源,SpaceX) 使外星资源提取变得越来越可行.
- 地球上目前的采矿实践带来了重大的环境和社会成本.
研究的目的:
- 研究从以地球为基础的采矿转向以太空为基础的采矿的经济和环境影响.
- 探索太空采矿如何支持持续的经济增长和金属使用.
- 通过太空资源为可持续发展提供研究基础.
主要方法:
- 对火箭发射成本趋势的分析.
- 检查与太空采矿相关的地质因素.
- 评估采矿对地球和太空的环境影响.
- 扩展新古典的增长模式,将太空资源的获取纳入其中.
主要成果:
- 太空采矿有可能将金属使用与地球环境限制脱.
- 过渡到太空采矿可能会促进持续的经济扩张.
- 地球上环境和社会成本的显著降低是可能的.
结论:
- 太空采矿为实现可持续经济增长提供了潜在的途径.
- 需要进一步的研究才能充分理解和利用太空资源的好处.
- 这项研究为探索太空采矿在减轻地球环境挑战中的作用提供了一个框架.
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