> you can never generate more energy than the sun inputs into Earth's atmosphere This is 100% a feature and not a bug. > It's not a sustainable practice The

> you can never generate more energy than the sun inputs into Earth's atmosphere This is 100% a feature and not a bug. > It's not a sustainable practice The very opposite. If we want to slow down climate change we need exactly zero-sum energy sources that do not release extra heat into the atmosphere. > if we assume that as a society advances technologically, it requires ever more energy per citizen Nothing in your claims indicates that is not possible to produce more energy using renewables. > if we assume that as a society advances technologically, it requires ever more energy per citizen (and no, the various green initiatives have not disproven that assumption Citation needed.