On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 05:20:30PM +0000, jim bell wrote: > This article sure sounds foolish. As I see it, the main driver in the > increase in "growth" (other than population) is productivity. Productivity > tends to be driven by gradual adoptions of automation, which has been a major > factor for 50+ years, and actually far larger. Automation isn't going away, > and will only increase in effectiveness for decades > Energy is a factor, but society is well on its way to the widespread adoption > of solar and wind energy. Solar is useful in most locations, and wind will > eventually be useable just about everywhere, 24 hours per day, with the use > of low-resistance materials to conduct that energy, for example metallic > carbon nanotubes. (MCNTs). > Jim Bell >
Personally I wish the "progressive left" could get over its deep fear of nuclear energy, and we could build some modern reactors. Maybe when (if) they ever get a fusion reactor that can substain a reaction... https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/iter-nuclear-fusion-reactor-halfway-complete/ Of course, solar and wind power is great :) Anything to stop burning more fucking carbon.. - John > > > > On Friday, July 6, 2018, 9:15:13 AM PDT, Steven Schear > <[email protected]> wrote: > > "If we extrapolate this trend forward, labour productivity growth would > reach zero by 2028." > https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/govt-economic-advisor-warns-british-defence-planners-that-growth-is-ending-abf806f17845 > -- GPG fingerprint: 17FD 615A D20D AFE8 B3E4 C9D2 E324 20BE D47A 78C7
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