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By 2040, computers will need more electricity than the world can generate

IJD

Extrapolating into the future predicted that by the early 20th century cities like London would have ground to a complete halt because the streets would be six feet deep in horse shit -- which is pretty much what this prediction is...

If the power consumed by the IT industry ever got close to the power generation capacity of the planet, the IT industry would have to find a way of reducing power or go bankrupt because there'd be no power left to run the industries to make things which pay for the IT industry.

You could just as easily extrapolate the events of the last few weeks and predict that by the end of the year everyone on the planet will be spending 100% of their waking hours playing Pokemon Go...

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