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Thermodynamically, nothing will work indefinitely. For all practical intents and purposes, the finite resources available on this planet and in the universe ar

• marginalia_nu 3y ago
  > For all practical intents and purposes, the finite resources available on this planet and in the universe are more than sufficient, though. How can we know this is true? Like immediately, sure. But can we keep growing and extracting resources like we do for another thousand years? Ten thousand years? Like we're already pushing the limit on arable land. It doesn't seem plausible we'll be able to somehow increase crop yields even times to sustain the sort of growth we're projecting. At that point, the entire planet's land area would need to be farmland, even if it is currently desert or mountains or whatever.