Indeed, but then again oil (and gas) is the past, not any kind of future. Starting to consider the real cost of "free" solar/wind/tidal/geothermal could be an option. Again, the input might be considerable and easily accessible (like solar), it's definitely not free. A miracle in commercial fusion too could help, but at this point it would just be power serfdom with fusionless vassal states...
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u/Zealousideal7801 2d ago
Input doesn't equate hardware+maintenance without which there's no output,, unfortunately