I don't that its fair to assume that progress alwaysalqays requires more energy. Many innovations that we would consider progress offer more efficiency than wh

I don't that its fair to assume that progress alwaysalqays requires more energy. Many innovations that we would consider progress offer more efficiency than what they replace. The challenge is that we continue to consume as much as possible. New innovations often have the potential to decrease energy use through efficiency, instead we choose to use more of the thing. I.e. "progress" often offers a decrease energy consumption per unit, but we end up with a total energy use increase when we drastically increase the unit count.