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  1. ... people’s needs — food, shelter, water, transportation — are not always explicitly connected to energy, and even when they are, there are ways to dramatically reduce the amount of energy required to meet them.
    That conclusion contradicted several decades of economic theory that suggested that increased energy use and, by extension, increased consumption would always equate to a longer lifespan and improved quality of life.
    “Fossil fuel use does not contribute significantly to improvements in life expectancy.”
    - https://theintercept.com/2023/05/08/energy-transition-electrification-consumption/

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