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nuclear power could deliver far more energy per year than is used yearly now for thousands of years. Innovation makes energy more useful. When the potential for growth these two cause is exhausted there's scifi stuff; solar power from satellites around the sun; fusion; etc.


Right, but it's still finite to some degree, and selling people on growth which we cannot guarantee is possible is just plain irresponsible IMO.


> Right, but it's still finite to some degree, and selling people on growth which we cannot guarantee is possible is just plain irresponsible IMO.

Do you plan as if disk drives won't get more capacity? That ram and cpus won't get cheaper?

It's only irresponsible if you promise growth that won't happen. It's irresponsible to ignore growth that will or can happen.




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