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Re:Exponential Economist Meets Finite Physicist (2012) by jbay808 on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @06:44PM (#20046431)
Not unless the physical economy is growing at about the same rate as the virtual one. Or else how is that extra power generation capacity being added?
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Re:Exponential Economist Meets Finite Physicist (2012) by b_tterc_p on Thursday May 30, 2019 @12:08AM (#20048290)
If the virtual economy grows 10%, that doesn’t mean we need 10% more energy to make it happen.
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