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"Electric Vehicles": Arthur Berman, Simon Michaux & Pedro Prieto | Reality Roundtable #01

The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens

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The Role of Electric Vehicles in a De-Growing Economy

We currently have a metabolism of global economy which is around 19 terawatts continuously. With our remaining natural gas and depleting oil in tandem with solar wind geothermal hydro nuclear something could be maybe 10 terawatts maybe less maybe more if we got organized that's unlikely to happen but just conceptually. Is there a role for electric vehicles in a d-growth? I don't think we're going to de-grow I think that's a nice conception idea but post-growth is what we'll have to do.

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