> Technology is the story of better access to energy and information over time.

This is an under-appreciated fact of history. Wealth and prosperity closely track the availability of cheap energy, which is why interfering with energy production in the name of supposedly higher goals is such a high-stakes gamble.

"We’ve gone from spending 4% of GDP on energy to spending 14% - a 10% loss straight away to just keeping the lights on, money that could be spent doing other things we care about, including energy." [0]

[0] https://climatepodnotes.substack.com/p/its-energy-stupid