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So that's between 150 and 250 years with the 2.5% energy consumption grows, then that much again for us to produce more energy than the sun shines on Earth. ht
by kongin 5y ago
So that's between 150 and 250 years with the 2.5% energy consumption grows, then that much again for us to produce more energy than the sun shines on Earth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_supply_and_consumption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_supply_and_consum...
- xyzzyz 5y agoYes, and with 2.5% energy consumption growth, in only 2500 years, we'll consume entire power output Milky Way galaxy. Extrapolating exponential growth over long timescales leads to silly results.
- baq 5y agonothing silly about it if the purpose is to make a point in a discussion with an economist. some of them just don't get it that energy consumption is correlated with economic growth and you can't just grow yourself out of every problem.