You can say the same thing about all economics after the 1600s - wood, coal, whale oil, petroleum. There is a direct causal relationship between energy consump

You can say the same thing about all economics after the 1600s - wood, coal, whale oil, petroleum. There is a direct causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth. End the former and you end the latter. And you also kill off a ton of people because the system that enables their lives will falter and starve them to death.