A very well written and sobering article, and a question each of us should ask seriously. "How can I realistically help, as a tech person and hacker?"

18 Terawatts of demand, and rising, with just a few hours of stored capacity. It's like reaching an energy escape velocity. We're basically betting entirely on fusion and probably are not going to "make it".

So personally, I think about transitioning society to resilient non-dependence, and about designing for intermittent and highly variable energy and connectivity as vital goals.

A lot of what we do with computers - is really about what we don't do. Stop helping create obsolescence and waste. Curb the pointless chindogu, costly aesthetics above function, feeding vanity and insecurity to stoke demand etc. Tech seems to have a culture of gratuitous indulgence and luxury against a global backdrop of austere caution.