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There's No Tomorrow (limits to growth & the future)

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What it is

An animated short on limits to growth, covering oil formation, peak oil, energy, economic growth and resource depletion. Its central section deals with exponential growth, and the author notes some statistics are dated.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN links it in threads about energy shocks and resource dependence as a quick, accessible overview of peak-oil arguments.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “see this video on the perils of peak-oil.”

    Explains how deeply the economy depends on petrochemicals.

    tho2i34u2347697, 2026-03 · Recommendation · in “Silicon Valley's "Pronatalists" Killed WFH. The Strait of Hormuz Brought It Back”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: peak oil, resource depletion, exponential growth, energy, animation

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