Recently, the scientific journal Nature shared a new analysis on Twitter that reviewed the 1972 Rome Club's "Extreme Growth" report, which believed that "economic expansion cannot continue unhindered, and physical restrictions may soon end the current stage of development."

Tesla CEO Musk: The earth's economy is far from reaching the physical limit

Article: Original by Dongchedi Cailimei

[Original by Dongchedi Industry] Recently, the science magazine " Nature " shared a new analysis on Twitter that reviewed the 1972 Rome Club "The Limits of Growth " (Limits to Growth) report. It believes that " economic expansion cannot continue without hindering, and physical restrictions may soon end the current development stage ". "Investment and policy decisions are made under the assumption of sustained economic expansion," said Thomas Murphy Jr., the author of the paper. A finite world with limited resources will not support unlimited growth, he added.

For this article, Tesla CEO Musk responded, saying: " is technically correct, but the earth's economy is far from reaching the physical limit ." He added: " energy is the foundation of the economy, but we only use very little available energy, even if we only use PV (photovoltaic) ."

"Energy is the foundation of the economy, but we only use very little available energy."

It is understood that in 1972, the Rome Club released the "The Limits of Growth - Report on Human Dilemma", which has been a full 50 years since then. The research report points out that maintaining high growth in the world economy will mean three problems: the world will exhaust all its resources and energy; increasing pollution will have various serious consequences; population growth will make the world's potential food supply overwhelmed.

Musk: "Humanity must rely on oil and gas in the short term, otherwise 'civilization will collapse'"

. In Musk's view, one of the biggest challenges facing in the world in history is the transition to a sustainable energy and a sustainable economy, which will take decades to complete .

Not long ago (September 5), at an energy conference held by Norway , Musk said, " human beings must rely on oil and gas in the short term, otherwise 'civilization will collapse' ." When asked whether Norway should continue to exploit oil and gas, Musk pointed out, "I think it is necessary to carry out some additional exploration now."

At the same time, Musk also emphasized in his speech at the meeting that he did not agree with demonizing oil and gas. , " Now, we need more oil and natural gas, not the other way around. But at the same time, we need to quickly move towards a sustainable energy economy ."

In March this year, Musk issued a statement saying: "We need to increase oil and natural gas production immediately."

In fact, as early as March this year, Musk pointed out, "I don't want to say that, but we need to increase oil and natural gas production immediately. Special measures are needed in special times."