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What should make you uneasy is your first sentence. (I.e. the fact that the most reliable indicator of "our economy doing well" is how fast we're moving to an unlivable climate.)

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Energy consumption doesn't have to be tied to CO2, but it seems to me that there will always be a relationship between energy consumption and economic activity. After all, the energy is literally being used to do work.

Yeah, exactly. I'm not saying we should be burning co2, but we do - and it's a solid indicator for the time being.

I.e., separate your analysis of the world from what you wish eventually happened.

>Energy consumption doesn't have to be tied to CO2,

Is it not for the foreseeable future?

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