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ShalmaneserIII t1_j2bi3qm wrote

Reply to comment by smurficus103 in We have all the resources we need to solve the world's greatest problems, so long as we can rise above our tribal instincts. by IAI_Admin

Iirc, you can track a civilization pretty well just by measuring the amount of power available to it. We have the modern world because we've been able to heavily use fossil fuels since the 1830s or so.

Without those, or a replacement, everybody goes back to raising horses and plowing a lot.

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