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Old 04-17-2019, 12:29 PM   #5618 (permalink)
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bend or break

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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
Sorry again. Continued growth is the short sighted economic band aid to our already debt problem. Population is still increasing exponentially and is headed to the sharper end of the hockey stick even if it is down to 1.1%. Resource depletion is looming and we are already several decades into overshoot, propped up by cheap fossil fuel. Renewable energy and electrification will not match the current levels of living standard. There will be an economic collapse. The only question is will we voluntarily bend back down to a simpler lifestyle? Or wait until it all breaks.
Right now,my dart has landed in between the two extremes.There are visionary,disruptive,and transformational technologies in the pipeline;and perhaps a little room for intellectual optimism.
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