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Productivity by automation is constrained by the available energy, also economic growth could already be limited by the lack of availale energy. https://energy
by blencdr 7y ago
Productivity by automation is constrained by the available energy, also economic growth could already be limited by the lack of availale energy.
https://energyeconomicgrowth.org/sites/eeg.opml.co.uk/files/2018-02/1.1_Stern_0.pdf https://energyeconomicgrowth.org/sites/eeg.opml.co.uk/files/...
- siculars 7y agoThe cost of energy is going towards zero while (and because) available energy is going to infinity.
- adrianN 7y agoSolar panels are pretty cheap. If lack of energy were a problem, I'd expect a lot more of them.
- ben_w 7y agoThey are cheap, but production of them is currently growing roughly exponentially, so I don’t think your argument holds.