The idea of increasing per-capita energy consumption to 1,000x current American levels is so ludicrous Andreesen should immediately be laughed out of town without any further consideration.
I did some back of the envelope calculations (and obviously made a few assumptions about what he meant), but, roughly, 1,000x current US per capita energy consumption is about enough to keep you airborne in a (fully occupied) corporate jet continuously with fuel synthesised from air and water.
Yes, if you imagine a world where large numbers of people live off-Earth, that kind of energy consumption is likely necessary.
But that society will not exist in the lifetimes of my children’s children’s children, and I’m not letting venture capitalists loose to create more “inventions” like NFTs on the basis that it will make it happen sooner and better.
I did some back of the envelope calculations (and obviously made a few assumptions about what he meant), but, roughly, 1,000x current US per capita energy consumption is about enough to keep you airborne in a (fully occupied) corporate jet continuously with fuel synthesised from air and water.