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> This analogy is great, because your grandchildren will probably not consider gasoline to be a great technology, they'll consider it the thing that caused the
by Marha01 3mo ago
> This analogy is great, because your grandchildren will probably not consider gasoline to be a great technology, they'll consider it the thing that caused the wars and the famines.
They will also realize that industrial civilization enabled by gasoline was a necessary step towards the renewable energy utopia they are living in. Developing advanced technology takes a lot of energy.
- Alwayshasbeeb 3mo agoNothing today indicates that they will be living in a renewable energy utopia. Solar panels and batteries getting cheaper is just not enough.
- Marha01 3mo agoIt is, if they get cheap enough.
- miyoji 3mo ago> They will also realize that industrial civilization enabled by gasoline was a necessary step towards the renewable energy utopia they are living in. Your grandchildren won't be living in a renewable energy utopia, precisely because you believe that burning fossil fuels is necessary for advancement.