> everyone understands that exponential growth cannot continue forever Everyone understands? Why do you believe that? As far as I can tell, most people, especi

> everyone understands that exponential growth cannot continue forever Everyone understands? Why do you believe that? As far as I can tell, most people, especially economists, think it can. If population continues to grow exponentially (it likely won't), I see no reason to think our energy use would not continue to grow exponentially. Efficiency improvements are linear, not exponential. They cannot compensate for exponential growth in population.