@knud I don't know what your metrics and projections are based off of, and it's irrelevant. You're looking at it, perhaps from the POV of the people using the energy. I'm thinking about the people who are being exploited to get the raw material for said energy, the ecosystems they're coming from, and the actual capacity of the planet. Your orientation requires more, mine less.
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I agree. Manure will hit/is hitting the ventilator.
Overlooked in the various runs of The Limits to Growth (1972) book is the fact all scenarios have some kind of collapse or decline by 2100. And a reminder: World population in 1970 was estimated at ~ 3.6 billion. It has more than doubled since then, but the available resources have already suffered major depletion.
So...
there are ~ 9 billion people, fewer resources, climate degradation, and lots of stupid, greedy oligarchs.
Friends, this does not look like a good future. Expect extreme unpleasantness. Prepare accordingly.
Be flexible. Do not expect the future that you thought was possible, or that you were told was your "right." Technology will not save modern civilization, that point was passed decades ago.
Hedge your bets. Go listen to "The Gambler" and take its advice to heart.
Learn to let go.
