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If energy costs plummet with the introduction of a highly efficient and portable energy powerplant such as this, what does it mean for the greater capitalist economy that is dependent upon upward growth to survive?
Our need for physical products decrease with the increase in technological advancements -- our lives move toward the virtual realm rather than the physical. More people telecommute reducing the need for cars, more people do online banking reducing the need for bank employees, more people have virtual stores rather than actual storefronts.
It seems that all this can be an explanation for our current economic depresssion. Or is the the start of a downward trend where all our lives become less dependent on the physical things that brought us to where we are today?
If energy is cheap morality, humanity and technology will likely grow by leaps and bounds, but what about the greater economy that is dependent on people to work hard to afford the energy that makes the world go round?
Anyone else wonder about this?