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Energy descent

Energy descent is when we have less energy available to us as time goes on. It’s like going down a slide: at first, you have lots of energy and you’re going quickly, but then you go slower and slower until you reach the bottom. In the same way, as the amount of renewable energy we have available to us goes down, we have to find other ways to get the energy we need to do the things we want. This includes using less energy, becoming more efficient, and finding other sources of energy.