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briansm • today at 6:39 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

And the average increase in world population is about 1% per year, plus the bulk of the existing population is 'developing' i.e industrialization.

As fast as solar, wind, etc electricity production grows, the number of people requiring it grows along-side.

Also, 'renewable' is misleading, 'replaceable' is more accurate, all renewable energy generators wear out as everything does and need to be replaced using non-renewable energy mostly (you can't build solar panels from solar panel energy)


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tpxl • today at 7:26 AM

> you can't build solar panels from solar panel energy

... Why?

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