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steven0461 comments on Exponential Economist Meets Finite Physicist [link] - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: steven0461 13 April 2012 06:07:04AM *  2 points [-]

he thinks rising energy prices growing in accordance with GDP is "not real growth," just inflation

And this claim is essential to his argument, because he has an argument why (once we have a Dyson sphere) energy prices won't rise much slower than nominal GDP, but he does not have an argument why prices in general won't rise much slower than nominal GDP.