alt Hacker NewsPart of the problem is that industrialization was achieved by exploiting globs of easily available resources. But we used them all.
We haven't left anyone something. It could very well be that we climbed the ladder and burned it behind us.
Replies
philipallstar • yesterday at 8:01 PM
What do you mean, we haven't left anyone something?
➕ show 1 reply
lyu07282 • yesterday at 10:59 PM
Colonialism never really ended it just transitioned into a different form, sometimes even very overtly like parts of africa are still using the french colonial currency union (CFA) for example, the IMF keeps the global south in debt entrapment with structural adjustment programs designed to prevent development. etc. etc. we never really left them alone
➕ show 2 replies
This is part of the civilizational collapse narrative. It is definitely true in a way.
I think that how much it would end up mattering depends on how well solar tech would withstand a civilizational collapse.
I think that a proto-industrial society with photovoltaics and batteries would be able to bootstrap itself back up to the present state, even without easily exploitable fossil fuels.
(I am not an expert in any of this)