Comment by a_tartaruga

I don't disagree with everything you are saying. But you seem to be assuming that contributing to technology is a zero sum game when it concretely grows the wealth of the world.

> If everyone had an oil well on their property that was affordable to operate the price of oil would be more akin to the price of water.

This is not necessarily even true https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox