Uncouth way of putting it, but I think you hit the nail on the head. A massive increase in the available energy supply would allow us to do things we can barely

Uncouth way of putting it, but I think you hit the nail on the head. A massive increase in the available energy supply would allow us to do things we can barely dream of these days. To me, it almost feels like energy availability corresponds to how advanced the society is, and from that perspective it's weird to me that there's such a push for actually reducing our energy usage and output.