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steelep13 t1_j1u9en2 wrote

The push for green energy will slowly die off as people begin to realize that mining cobalt does more harm than good when done at scales necessary for EV production.

A number of natural (and possibly unnatural) disasters will drastically shrink the population back to manageable levels as far as climate is concerned, but we will probably lose a ton of infrastructure and technological knowledge. Those living off grid will remain relatively unchanged.

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