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I think the general lesson is that 2% annual growth - of anything - is not sustainable for long.
by HPsquared 3y ago
I think the general lesson is that 2% annual growth - of anything - is not sustainable for long.
- kurthr 3y agoThe rule of 72 is useful. It would give roughly doubling every 35 years for a 1000years means 28 doublings or a bit over 256million x increase in power usage. Only off by ~50%. I'm guessing that would put the population over a quadrillion, as well, with efficiency increases.
- HPsquared 3y agoCan also think in terms of half-life. For example at an inflation rate of 2%, that rule of thumb means the value of money has a half-life of 72 years.
- cryptonector 3y agoOr even 1%. Neither is shrinking continuously. None of this is to say that we're at a maximum.