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Re:Oil System Collapsing So Fast It May Derail Renewables by maherbeg on Thursday October 21, 2021 @04:19PM (#28950313)
What was really interesting in this article was the mentioning of "the decline in EROI is an underlying driver of the decline in economic growth".

If we can remove our dependency on fossil fuel energy, then we can turn around economic growth models which is really exciting.

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Re:Oil System Collapsing So Fast It May Derail Renewables by tehjoker on Thursday October 21, 2021 @04:39PM (#28950539)
We can't because we are consuming 6-7 earths worth of other resources already. We are already in ecological overshoot. If it was only oil, you'd be right, but all planetary resources and pollution sinks are being consumed.

https://www.amazon.com/Limits-Growth-Donella-H-Meadows/dp/19...

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Re:Oil System Collapsing So Fast It May Derail Renewables by JamesBarney on Thursday October 21, 2021 @04:38PM (#28950535)
It drives a decline in economic growth through increasing energy costs. And no one is under the impression that removing our dependency on fossil fuel is going to make our energy cheaper. So if this model is correct removing our dependency on fossil fuel energy will drive down economic growth further.
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