Oil is a miraculous energy source because HUGE AMOUNTS of the stuff of life and the energy it held was locked away and compressed
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Our descendants might just be stuck - they might know how we got to our tech level but be unable to fuel the machines to do it
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They could dream of solar panels and hydroelectric dams but not have the tools to make the tools to engineer on that scale
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There will still be tons and tons of coal, and manufacturing NG isn't too hard. It would just take central planning.
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