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The necessity for safely, responsibly, and affordably accessing energy sources is pivotal to societal technological advancement. Yet, the prevailing mindset within energy discourses often exhibits a limitation—a worldview encapsulated in a "paradigm of scarcity." Forecasts predicting abrupt halts to technological progress around 2003 to 2005, mainly focused on the concept of peak oil, were once common but have since faded from mainstream discussions.