This article sounds more similar to viewpoints I've been exposed to,
   and I'm curious how realistic they are.  People select their
   assumptions, but there are shared themes in the diverse conclusions we
   draw.
   Dear America, It's Time to Break
   Up: [1]https://www.aier.org/article/dear-america-its-time-to-break-up/
   Human and nature dynamics (HANDY): Modeling inequality and use of
   resources in the collapse or sustainability of societies:
   [2]https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800914000615
   The "New Energy Economy": An Exercise in Magical
   Thinking: [3]https://www.manhattan-institute.org/green-energy-revolutio
   n-near-impossible
   The Delusion of Infinite Economic
   Growth: [4]https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-delusion-of-i
   nfinite-economic-growth/
   Assessment of the Extra Capacity Required of Alternative Energy
   Electrical Power Systems to Completely Replace Fossil
   Fuels: [5]https://tupa.gtk.fi/raportti/arkisto/42_2021.pdf  this is the
   one the article said to "read the 3-page abstract"

References

   1. https://www.aier.org/article/dear-america-its-time-to-break-up/
   2. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800914000615
   3. https://www.manhattan-institute.org/green-energy-revolution-near-impossible
   4. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-delusion-of-infinite-economic-growth/
   5. https://tupa.gtk.fi/raportti/arkisto/42_2021.pdf