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   From: reply1400@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid   
      
   In rec.arts.sf.science message , Thu, 23 Jan 2014 11:05:58, Doc O'Leary  posted:   
      
   >   
   >And, sadly, the problem isn't just limited to North American.  The   
   >majority of sci-fi hand waves abundant energy into the future, but the   
   >reality is that, so far, that appears to be the hardest hurdle we have   
   >facing us.   
      
   Rhetorical : To have the same global warming effect as current CO2   
   levels do, and with a population of ten billion, how much power needs to   
   be used by each person on average?   
      
   IIRC, it is not all that many times more than what a typical American   
   would use if all forms of energy were free.   
      
   Calculate it yourselves.   
      
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