Post Scarcity Economies?

[cprise]

7. I think that assumption is bizarrely out of touch.

Scarcity is decreasing?

If anything, solar energy places limits on the quantities and times we can consume energy. Not necessarily a bad thing, IMHO. But definitely not a recipe for reducing scarcity-- unless you think solar should only be added to sources like coal instead of replacing them.

The true bright side of solar is that it shifts real power from the hands of a few into the hands of many; It makes power more diffuse and democratic instead of ultra-concentrated and oligarchic the way it is still is today.

The "post-scarcity" theme is out of place here, along with exhortations about a cushy capitalist future (as if we were about to experience a repeat of the mid-late 20th century's prosperity). Its been amply and repeatedly demonstrated over the past 5 years that competition is mainly reserved for middle and lower classes while the upper class are propped up and considered "too big to fail". So you can stick a fork in capitalism, 'cause its done... that is not the kind of society we live in anymore.