Ultimately, wind and ocean currents are driven by the 170,000 terawatts of solar irradiance continuously hitting the earth[1]. Human civilization uses about 17 terawatt[2], so we still have a ways to go before we get in the same ballpark.
(On the other hand, give it a few centuries of exponential growth and let's see where we end up.)
Ultimately, wind and ocean currents are driven by the 170,000 terawatts of solar irradiance continuously hitting the earth[1]. Human civilization uses about 17 terawatt[2], so we still have a ways to go before we get in the same ballpark.
(On the other hand, give it a few centuries of exponential growth and let's see where we end up.)
[1] https://news.mit.edu/2011/energy-scale-part3-1026 https://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/current_world_energy_...
[2] https://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/current_world_energy_...