WWED quote from TED2017 interview with Chris Anderson, The future we're building -- and boring
If you don't have sustainable energy, it means you have unsustainable energy. Eventually you will run out, and the laws of economics will drive civilization towards sustainable energy, inevitably.
TED2017 interview with Chris Anderson, The future we're building -- and boring
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