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Plus we're going to run out of oil. Solar is the only really sustainable power source for the planet on a really long term basis because it's the source of all energy here, it's eternal for all practical purposes and it's free.
The only things un-solar are nuclear, geo...and tides. Everything else came from the sun originally. That's like the Star Trek era future for our energy needs.

 It would be nice if all this spectacular technology would go toward living in a peaceful and unified world with free energy and healthcare  for everyone, a guaranteed basic income and safe and secure living quarters like it is portrayed in the pro-ai fantasy reels. The reality is that people are corrupt and ai means high school kids are make porn of their classmates, criminals are faking video and audio to squindle or blackmail, and, of course, the military is amping it up on a scale of our nuclear programs.  For us? not much....fifty jobs sweeping the floor at the data center, 50,000 at the 'fulfillment center' - none pay enough to live on. People are corrupt. There will always be a fixed percentage among us that are sociopathic and will lie, cheat and steal to get more than their fellows. That's why it never works...among villages or nations.

Politics does matter and supporting the current crop of republicans gets us no closer to where we want to be. In fact it sets us back decades.