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Pretty sure that is referring to political power rather than sustainable energy. I don’t think there is a direct link between energy efficiency and moral deficiency.
Energy can be converted into political power fairly easily.
Super interesting thread, I've always heard lots of doom and gloom about this on Hn threads but seems that there's been a pivotal step forward in the field with these new superconductors Can only imagine what the world would look like with a limitless energy source like this. Anyone see any reason not to be highly optimistic about this development?
It all comes down to who controls the tech. Rest assured it won't be set free for the greater good of all.
If this is true, then humanity is also on the cusp of being able to eliminate the impact on climate from burning fossil fuels in one generation! :-)
(For the record, I do believe climate change is a big problem. But I also believe that not all those fighting the fight have the best intentions. Both of these things can be true.)
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It all comes down to who controls the tech. Rest assured it won't be set free for the greater good of all.
How do you know this? Why would they proliferate smartphones and internet and antibiotics and vaccines but not free energy?
We could have had free energy a long time ago (Tesla, the guy, not the company) but the wealthy men of that time (also energy guys, BTW), didn't want a free competitor. And still don't.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pretty sure that is referring to political power rather than sustainable energy. I don’t think there is a direct link between energy efficiency and moral deficiency.
Energy can be converted into political power fairly easily.
If this is true, then humanity is also on the cusp of being able to eliminate the impact on climate from burning fossil fuels in one generation! :-)
> If this is true, then humanity is also on the cusp of being able to eliminate the impact on climate from burning fossil fuels in one generation! Depending on how you define 'generation', this may be unrealistic. Even if the whole world economy were to become carbon neutral tomorrow, it would be a while before greenhouse gasses started to go down, and that assumes we haven't already reached a tipping point for a run…
With limitless energy, we could just make some kind of Earth AC unit.