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I disagree with the analogy. Human population will not grow from 1 billion to 7 billion because of data, that is the kind of change we got with oil. Oil is a ha
by sremani 11y ago
I disagree with the analogy. Human population will not grow from 1 billion to 7 billion because of data, that is the kind of change we got with oil. Oil is a hard asset, data is not entirely hard asset.
- wbc 11y agocan you explain how oil enabled human pop to go from 1b to 7b?
- mchaver 11y agoNot sure why you are getting down voted. It's a valid question. Cheap, abundant energy makes in cheaper to produce and transport necessities for human life and allows us to invest more time into researching and improving the quality and availability of those necessities (food, clothing, housing, medicine, etc.). Haven't read through all of this, but it seems to have some similar ideas. http://www.resilience.org/stories/2009-04-20/peak-people-interrelationship-between-population-growth-and-energy-resources http://www.resilience.org/stories/2009-04-20/peak-people-int...
- dnissley 11y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution
- angry_octet 11y agoIndustrial fertiliser and transport, plastics, energy, etc.