It seemed trivial. The realization that the pyramids were built without a single gallon of gasoline.
Our productivity is nearly all accomplished through fossil fuels.
But the real realization was that in order to accomplish large productions before gasoline we used slaves.
And this leads to the conclusion that, short of a massive new technology such as fusion, we either alter our lives to accomplish less, or we start using slaves.
This was not a realization about energy conversion techniques. But the realization of just what we are accomplishing. What the real price has been. And a fear of what could come if we decide we want to continue.
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