• Hexamerous [he/him]
    hexbear
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    edit-2
    1 month ago

    Did your calculation account for the fact that energy and economic growth having an almost 1:1 relation, meaning a compound growth of ~3% economic growth every year will add up quadrupling the energy requirements in 50 years.

    elmofire agony-shivering fire

    • HexBroke [any, comrade/them]
      hexbear
      4
      1 month ago

      I don't think that's actually true - it might have been from 1940s USA to the early 1980s but I don't think it holds weight anymore.

      For example, if there was total electrification of cars and heating within 5 years, electricity demand would increase unimaginably while GDP would barely move.