Nuclear power and the French energy transition: It’s the economics, stupid!

[kristopher]

18. "all the energy that is economical to use"

Since it is a scenario on the near horizon, what happens when sustainable energy resources are also the most economical?

Also, you appear to be placing too much emphasis on the "determinism" aspect of Harris' term. It is to be looked at in the light of a complex system with multiple feedbacks and influences.

Odum:
"The maximum power principle can be stated: During self-organization, system designs develop and prevail that maximize power intake, energy transformation, and those uses that reinforce production and efficiency."

There is a temporal aspect to Odum that you might want to consider. The fact that storage is an integrated element implies that gluttonous consumption has limits that the system recognizes and plans for.