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Zork, keep up the thoughtful analyses. I'm wondering on what basis do you anticipate "cheap energy"?

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Simply on the variety of options:

• Solar is still getting cheaper and more efficient. So is storage.

• Geothermal heat exchangers are getting more popular while

• The evolution of drilling technology of 2km+ boreholes is making industrial/large scale geothermal viable.

• Wind has all sorts of new technologies both for small and large scale projects

• Harnessing of wave and tidal energy is taking off slowly

• Small scale hydro projects can generate a lot of energy with minimal environmental disruption.

• Small modular Nuclear reactors are already in the process of implementation

• Nuclear powered cargo ships could revolutionize shipping

• We are still discovering large amounts of fossil fuel, see Israel and Pakistan

…and so on. It is the abundance of options that will make it cheap.

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