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It’s weird to think if we hadn’t had fossil fuels at all how badly it would have hampered human development. Could we have even got to modern development level
by jonplackett 6y ago
It’s weird to think if we hadn’t had fossil fuels at all how badly it would have hampered human development. Could we have even got to modern development level without so much free power? It doesn’t seem likely. Perhaps the challenge would have forced us to come up with more imaginative solutions - I mean there’s oceans full of hydrogen for starters. And the sun would still be shining and the oceans still full of waves!
- TurkTurkleton 6y ago> Could we have even got to modern development level without so much free power? It's only free if you don't consider externalities to be a cost.
- jonplackett 6y agoYeah of course, we know that now. I just mean could we have got to where we are now without it. How could we have done it differently?