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Austin Vernon - Energy Superabundance, Starship Missiles, & Finding Alpha

Dwarkesh Podcast

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Is There a Constraint to Increasing Energy Use?

Per capital energy used since the 19 seventies has not gone up. But even though percapit energy hasn't increased, a per capita g t p has increased. Does that pattern suggest that you can still have decent economic growth without having to use energy? Or have wou just not come across the constraints yet? Emmy: I think there's really this whole story about, like, the tyranny of geography here when it comes to energy.

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