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Re:Can Economic Growth Last? by emodendroket on Monday September 14, 2015 @10:03AM (#10215084)
> In this case the author assumes causation between energy production/consumption and economic growth.

Without increased energy use, vast swathes of the economy clearly could not exist. That is what he spends most of his time proving.

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Re:Can Economic Growth Last? by crimsonalucard on Monday September 14, 2015 @11:08AM (#10215412)
More like the entire economy wouldn't exist.
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Re:Can Economic Growth Last? by emodendroket on Monday September 14, 2015 @11:59AM (#10215700)
Some categories (the article mentions psychotherapy, for instance) use very little energy, although they also have output whose value is harder to measure.
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