It's Not.

'how much nuclear power did we have in the middle ages?'

Tell that to the insects. I bet you don't even realize that with all the humans bunched together wouldn't take up the size of America. Also, don't forget that energy can never be created or destroyed. That means that their are infinite sources of energy, humans just need to find them. Also, have you ever wondered how California has so many droughts and fires when they are right next to an ocean? I think that you need to start thinking for yourself and quit letting group think make you into a sheep.

You're both wrong on the energy equation imho. You say "the amount of energy in existence is locked in place and can't increase or decrease" - I say that if we had fully functioning solar grid then we'd have "infinite" energy (at least until the sun went dark). Taking that logic further, it can be said that all energy on earth (except, perhaps, for nuclear) are derived from the sun.

California's topography is complicated. If you want more drinking water, then yes, desalinization is a thing. It may not be economical, but it is a thing. As for the fires, being next to the ocean is a double edged sword. It would be great if all of the wind patterns brought great rain showers every day (as happens in Florida). The patterns are very fickle in California, however. Plus, much of the coast has mountain ranges that parallel the coast. So, when rain clouds do move in from the ocean they hit the mountains, dump their moisture, and the west side of the mountain ranges get the moisture while the east side of the ranges don't. There's more land to the east of these ranges than to the west. Then there's the offshore winds that whip small fires into infernos very quickly, drought or not.

Glad that I could get at least one "Very true" LOL

"It would be a steady stream, but not infinite" - that's why I clarified with "at least until the sun went dark" in the parenthetical because it's the closest thing to infinity that I know of - 5.5 million years from now. I'll be dead by then and the human race will either also be extinct or have mastered interstellar space travel so it won't matter if this sun goes poof. I do know that you like to play your word games but do try to read a bit closer and try being a bit more tolerant.

Yeah, I wasn't sure if the heat from the core was caused by tectonic plate movement, gravity, and/or if the sun had any influence in that, so I left it off.

5 billion years the sun goes red giant and may engulf Earth. Maybe 7 or so.

Heat at the Earth's core is generated by nuclear fusion, like the sun and H-bombs, unlike atom bombs and nuclear power plants which utilize nuclear fission reactions. Tidal forces from the moon's pull keep it churning and plate tectonics moving.

Yes, and that molten rock is where we get geothermal energy. Icelanders really know how to take advantage of geothermal. Iceland provides 87% of its demand for hot water and heat with geothermal energy and 25% of their electricity.

You're just playing word games by saying that the opposite of "not finite" is "infinite". Nothing is infinite, we know that the sun will snuff itself out one way or another one day. When that happens earth will lose it's atmosphere and then it's water. That's just one of the doomsday scenarios that will someday spell the end of our planet and it's resources.

Yes - again, way past my lifespan though.

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It really isn’t that complicated, Skeezix

So... which will we run out of first? Resources to make batteries or oil?

Be honest...

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Thanks to climate change, we have more arable land and a better climate with which to grow crops in areas previously frozen over. LOL