[ExI] Extensive vs. intensive causes of energy demand

[BillK]

On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> It's something like 3 TUSD, and thus 6% of world GDP (or any
> national GDP) which is unprecedented. This is war-scale
> spending, involving not only money, but skilled workers,
> resources, and energy. We don't have the money, the skills,
> the resources (most are peaking) and energy is rapidly
> running out.
>
> And of course it had to be actually spent, of which there is
> no evidence. Meanwhile, the TW/year net energy debt is racking
> up, year after year.
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In the Rogers Commission Report into the Challenger Crash (1986),
Richard Feynman wrote:

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public
relations, for nature cannot be fooled".


BillK