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by ninjinxo 1424 days ago
It's not profound to say that sustained (infinite) growth is unsustainable, but it is of interest when it's within a conceivable timeframe.

It's not worth reading however, because the author whimsically extrapolates energy usage starting from 230 years before the invention of the lightbulb to get their exponential growth argument which doesn't hold at all for modern data.

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC?end=2...