According to Rick and Morty you probably could - assuming you are able to create microverses where entire planets are manually generating energy for you.
Could We Run Modern Society on Human Power Alone?
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#12why does society have to be modern? walk to the tree, walk to the stream, walk back to the hut.
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#13Is the picture of "clothes drying" supposed to be representative of the project? Because I don't see any human power involved there. That's 100% solar and wind.
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#14why does society have to be modern? walk to the tree, walk to the stream, walk back to the hut.
There are way too many of us to live like that.
As much as we complain about it, modern society also kicks ass compared to anything else.
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#15According to Rick and Morty you probably could - assuming you are able to create microverses where entire planets are manually generating energy for you.
That sounds a lot like slavery to me.
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#16Human power = Food
And producing food has terrible efficiency compared to any traditional resource.
The only good point is the health benefits of such exercise.
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#17The answer to the headline is an emphatic "No." > Unlike fossil fuels, human power can be a clean energy source, and its potential increases as the human population grows. It's the opposite: Human power cannot feed the 7.5 billion people and growing. You need ammonia and (right now) oil, and lots of it. When we "scaled up" humanity, we left human power long behind as an option for any but a few hundred million. Just…
Good write up, thank you.
I do believe too many people are the opposite and frantically think about the future, also dependent on the idea of technology and consumption of petroleum derived goods bring them happiness and salvation.
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#18The answer to the headline is an emphatic "No." > Unlike fossil fuels, human power can be a clean energy source, and its potential increases as the human population grows. It's the opposite: Human power cannot feed the 7.5 billion people and growing. You need ammonia and (right now) oil, and lots of it. When we "scaled up" humanity, we left human power long behind as an option for any but a few hundred million. Just…
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#19Hello Black Mirror Episode