God's strongest Dvmpster Divers 2: electric boogaloo

fucking worst post by this channel, oh boy

Every time I see a Waymo I swerve towards it.

• The Honest Sorcerer argues that technological civilization is inherently unsustainable because it depends on constantly growing energy and material inputs that cannot be maintained on a shrinking resource base. • Recycling metals is not a solution because it is never perfect; metals in alloys or small complex components are often lost forever or downgraded into low-quality products like rebar. • Mining must continue and even expand, but ore grades are declining, so extracting the same amount of metal requires far more energy, water, and complexity now than in the past. • A study by Calvo et al. shows copper ore grades dropped about 25 percent in a decade while energy consumption for mining rose 46 percent against only a 30 percent production increase. • Recycling energy costs also rise as more complex end-of-life products are processed; for many metals, the concentration in waste is lower than in natural ores, making primary mining relatively cheaper. • Rising material and energy costs push prices up, but high prices only work if demand keeps growing; without growth, mining operations become uneconomic and fail. • Modernity functions like a Ponzi scheme requiring continuous expansion; without growth, the system contracts rapidly, because a steady state is impossible. • Declining resource returns lead to falling surplus energy for society, concentrating wealth and eroding consumer demand, which further reduces birth rates and disposable income. • Financial stimulus cannot reverse the decline, since most oil and metal production comes from past-peak mines, and new exploration has poor returns; stimulus mainly fuels inflation and corporate buybacks. • The likely outcome is a recursive collapse: each round destroys productive capacity and buffers, leading to job losses and lower demand, followed by temporary equilibrium and then another collapse. • Over decades, global supply chains fragment into localized production, world trade shrinks, and technological a