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Originally Posted by Mittelwaechter
Have you ever considered what would happen to mankind, if we came up with some free energy device? It would change the planetary social structure and destroy whole societies, dependent on energy export.
And - whoever works and has an income, due to his workforce being cheaper than the equivalent of energy, would lose his job.
We are not prepared for free energy.
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Oh, they'd find a way to monetise it somehow.
In regards to societies dependent on energy export, I think we're seeing a fair bit of that now with the collapse in oil prices, I hear Nigeria is heading to the IMF with cap in hand because its economy is failing due to the oil prices.
I think the real problem we've got coming is the increasing mechanisation of the workforce and the reduction of available job opportunities that this will create.
