[gchokov]

Or maybe, just maybe, now that we have a need for more energy, we can finally come up with more sustainable ways of producing that energy?

[tempfile]

Why would needing more energy make it easier to satisfy the total demand for energy with renewable sources?

[pilgrim0]

I think because settling for less is just not an option, progress at large would be hindered with a pressure for using less energy, even though it’s the right thing, arguably. Hence demand for more energy itself propels progress and innovation.

[_heimdall]

We don't have that tech though.

Its a reasonable hope that we could discover a new energy source that can produce orders of magnitude more energy with even less impact than today's sources, but that is just a hope. In the meantime we would be committing ourselves to a new, much higher baseline of energy needs whether we make that discovery or not.

[jjk7]

Nuclear exists.