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>The obvious omissions and lack of consideration of other factors threatening the planet belies this author's bias/naivete/stupidity/other motivations.

The vast majority of problems facing the planet can be solved given extremely cheap energy:

- Need clean drinking water? Simply desalinate ocean water if you have enough energy.

- Need clean air? Various catalytic converters can remove most and in many cases all harmful molecules, they just cost energy.

- Need to sequester carbon? Sure we know how to do it, provided you have enough energy.

- Need to feed the world? We already grow enough food, the main problem is transportation of that food. Again, easy with enough energy and electric vehicles.




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