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> Yes, but hydro is the only renewable power source that is weather-independent. Droughts? https://wrrc.arizona.edu/drought-diminishes-hydropower https://wrrc

• mschuster91 11y ago
  Hadn't thought of that one, yeah. Thanks. So either we destroy the environment or we destroy the environment (unless fusion actually works)...
  • Litost 11y ago
    Much as i don't want to cause any further depression in an already quite depressing thread, but if you follow Joseph Tainters work on The Collapse of Complex Societies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0R09YzyuCI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0R09YzyuCI a) Complexity has killed off pretty much every major society prior to ours. b) People's innate desire to problem solve increases complexity. c) Cheap energy has enabled this process. So there's an argument, an unlimited source of free energy would actually be a major problem because 1) It would enable more complexity, which is already pretty unmanagable. 2) You've still the problem of out of control resource usage.