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I dont know where else to post this and it doesnt seem like it belongs in the climate change threads or the energy generation thread. I am asking about peak oil, peak helium, rare earth metals, and all those things. I have heard that we're pretty much running out and when we run out, that's it, our civilization will not be possible any more. Our civilization is built on cheap access to raw materials and soon we won't have those. I have heard that sustainable reneweable energy is impossible and we're pretty much screwed because we need fossil fuels, but those are running out. Sorry if this isnt coherent, I'm not knowledgeable enough to state my question more smartly. But is any of this true? I'm not asking about climate change and what it will do to us, just the raw materials and ores and all those things.
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I agree with the people saying that believing in technology to save us is basically faith. Its magical thinking. The problem is that technology progress is actually slowing down. Compare 1900 to 1950, and then 1950 to 2000. The 1900-1950 interval is way more impressive and saw way more technological progress. Cars and electric power becoming widespread, radios, film, television, airplanes, nuclear energy, x-rays, peniccilin, rockets, submarines, tanks. Now look at the 1950-2000 interval. Computers, cell phones, internet, video games....um....better visual effects in movies.... You can do it decade by decade, too. 1987 to 1997 saw way more progress than 1997 to 2007. And since 2007 barely anything has changed, tech-wise. We already had computers, internet, cell phones, and whatever back in 2007. Video game graphics have barely gotten any better, same goes for CG effects in movies. What's changed in medicine? Nothing. What's change in energy? Nothing. So technology is definitely grinding to a halt. We've picked all of the low hanging fruit.
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