The Global Economy, Heat Engines, and Economic Collapse - "Because the Gross World Product (GWP) exists, we grow, and then use our growth to access more energy which we can then consume with the higher infrastructure demands. The relevant equation is that every 1000 dollars of year 2005 inflation-adjusted gross world product requires 7.1 additional Watts of power capacity to be added, independent of the year that is considered." http://nephologue.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-global-economy-heat-engines-and.html