Reply #17: Thanks. I agree with your last statement. [View All]

[NNadir]

Sometimes I may come across as indicating that we need to produce 440 exajoules (or more) forever. Actually I don't think we can produce 440 exajoules forever and that the attempt would rather be like Russian Roulette with six bullets in six chambers.

I believe that we must manage ourselves to demand far less energy. However most people predict that energy demand will rise, one hears numbers like 1000 exajoules. I don't agree. I think energy demand will fall, but that the fall will involve catastrophe rather than result from rational planning.