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[–] kossa@feddit.org 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

why didn't we have 8 billion people a thousand years ago when we had all the solar, wind, and renewable energy we have now?

Because...power delivery and storage is also a thing? Like, electricity, and batteries? Which make renewable energy way more accessible. Ever heard of electric cars?

While cheap energy certainly played a huge role, medicine and other technology play an equal part.

They also kinda had fossil fuels back then, oil could be found on the surface. Why didn't have the Romans a billion population, when they could find oil on the surface?