>Energy is not scarce. You're not even being pedantic. I could at least respect that. We're talking specifically about energy that can be used by human beings

>Energy is not scarce. You're not even being pedantic. I could at least respect that. We're talking specifically about energy that can be used by human beings for comfort, manufacturing, and work. If it can't run your air conditioner or fabricate cheap baubles to keep the consumer economy going, then you're not even in the right conversation. And that kind of energy is scarce. "But but but what if we build a bunch of solar panels or windmills!!?!?!?" If we could magically have machines to harvest that technology, instead of having to resort to the modest quantities of machines we can actually build, then sure, energy wouldn't be scarce. But we don't have magic and we can't wish them into existence. There are limits. You might as well be talking about the black hole at the center of our galaxy, that's energy too. I'm hoping you're just missing the point and not a volunteer propagandist.