> Unless I'm woefully mistaken, this is only the case if we define energy as meaning "fossil fuels". In that case, yeah, we're absolutely going to run out of th

> Unless I'm woefully mistaken, this is only the case if we define energy as meaning "fossil fuels". In that case, yeah, we're absolutely going to run out of those. I'm sorry to disagree but this is false. I don't have the time to come up with multiple sources, but we'll never ever run out of coal, oil or gas [0]. Additionally, from the sources of news that I get. Every year they seem to find newer deposits of oil and gas [1]. Now throw in the fact that in the next 25 years the majority of transportation on the road will be electric and then in the air the next 25-50 years after that. Demand will simply plummet. Finally there are even startups who are working on turning bio-waste into plastics, thus in the future lowering the demand significantly [2]. I would bet by 2100. We still have plenty of oil, gas, coal and other minerals and because of advancements and access to space mining. That the world doesn't ever run out, due to demand moving onto other eco-friendly alternatives and will have an over abundance of everything. The world will do just fine. [0]: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/11971280/The-Earth-is-not-running-out-of-oil-and-gas-BP-says.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oila... [1]: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Significant-natural-gas-discovery-made-off-Israels-shore-586905 https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Significant-natural-gas-di... [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBSzxQLQSpI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBSzxQLQSpI