Steady State

With limits on population and economic growth (i.e. within a steady-state economy), free food, and free energy as well, would be a blessing. But in the current growth context they would be a curse; free energy would simply make it easier for a growth society to destroy the ecosystem. This consideration itself is a powerful argument against growthmania – any context that converts free energy and free food from a boon to a bane must embody some serious irrationalities.