Comment Re:Cheap energy is social justice (Score 2, Interesting) 404
Unfortunately, it seems that the only way to halt growth in most biological systems it to balance supply and demand.
Right now, food and energy production around the world outstrips demand. Thus, population continues to increase.
The 3 major governors of biological systems seem to be raw materials, energy and space. To some degree, they're convertible. If you remove "energy" as a limiting factor, we're just going to hit a wall with one of the other two at some point.
Hitting any resource barrier is painful. Wars happen, things die. Right now, we're living in a blessed time of growth and relatively little competition for resources. Sure there are a few spats, but it's not an all out war for survival.
Ever seen the movie "Soylent Green"? That's the image that comes to mind if we "fix" the energy problem. Billions of people with enough to eat, but no room to move.