on December 3, 2023, 3:43 pm, in reply to "Like this article but I don't understand this bit ..."
"...Until very recently, the cost of energy had born almost no relationship to the economic value it provides. A barrel of oil, for example, costing perhaps $40 but providing the equivalent power to four-and-a-half years of human labour."
-It's stunning when you let it sink in just how profligate we have been with irreplaceable assets. .
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