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What If We Never Become Post-Scarcity? (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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Solar Panels - Carbon Neutral Gasoline

Even a modest mix of better and renewable energy is the most obvious path to post-scarcity for us in the near future. Tomorrow someone could pull off a production chain for solar panels that managed to make those just 50% cheaper per kilowatt hour produce them today. At that point you don't necessarily even need electric cars, because we can make hydrocarbons like the kind your car burns which makes CO2 and water vapor in the process.

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