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A comment on Ask HN: When will the industrial society deplete the energy resources on earth?.

Re:Ask HN: When will the industrial society deplete the ener... by gadders on Monday January 10, 2022 @06:19AM (#29873134)
Effectively never. As technology improves, new reserves that weren't recoverable before become so. EG fracking, shale oil, tar sands etc.

I think we will have a suitable replacement for oil long before it runs out. Likewise gas etc.

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/opinion/25lynch.html?_r=1...

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