Absolutely. For those interested by this, an excellent blog is "Do the math": http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/ http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/ It expl

Absolutely. For those interested by this, an excellent blog is "Do the math": http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/ http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/ It explains through many articles how the law of physics put terminal limits on what we can achieve, and kills a lot of misconceptions, like "a service economy needs less energy", "we could replace nuclear/coal/oil with wind/solar/hydro", etc.