Meaning, are we as a species at a point of technological development where if we have a global revolution tomorrow, and make it our top priority as a species, we could provide every human with:
‘ -sufficient nutritious food to eat and water to drink
‘ -comfortable housing with a reasonable about of space for everyone
‘ -electricity and sewers
‘ -productive employment
‘ -quality heathcare
‘ -education
‘ -a modest amount of the “stuff” we all like: books, TV shows, live music, coffee, etc etc
And being able to do this in a way that is environmentally sustainable and at least arrests further erosion of the climate and natural environment.
When I look out at our productive capabilities as they stand now, my gut says this is possible but I really don’t know.
Not per person, per capita. So for example the energy needed to transport all the food you buy to market or to manufacture all your shit is counted toward that total. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000-watt_society
Per that article Spanish people seem to use about 6000 W currently. Also if you take even a single flight per year it blows this budget up. The power generated by jet aircraft is actually astonishing.
Gotcha, I thought it was household energy usage per capita, not total. That’s a lot scarcer hahahs