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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Of course global energy demand is high and will get higher. We understand that. The issue being debated is why humanity is still so far away from transitioning its power sources away from fossil fuels and toward clean alternatives.
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Mainly because there's never been an energy transition. Humanity still burns a lot of wood and other other biomass, despite coal surpassing it more than 100 years ago.
Major new useful energy sources don't replace previous useful energy sources, they add to it.