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isn't true. Prices go up and down all the time, the money supply figures change all the time. It doesn't mean the financial system must crash. Unless by 'crash' you mean prices go up and down, which they always do.
The whole things seems kind of cranky.
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We directly use a miniscule fraction, indirect use is quite a bit higher since that is used delivering ecosystem services we depend on. Then there is the question of how much of that potential we want to turn into waste heat inside the atmosphere, which is more governed by how much radiative cooling we have rather than how much energy is incident or available on the earth. I think that humanity would be limited by po…
It's still a tiny fraction. Plants are surprisingly inefficient users of sunshine. And our use of plants is less surprisingly inefficient. Of course more efficient usage isn't necessarily a good thing.
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Why is this hard? Calculate the expected value of each option, do a risk analysis, apply risk factor (based on your own tolerance), biggest number wins.
This comment has strong draw the rest of the owl vibes. (and the risk analysis & factor can cover a multitude of sins).