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		jessaustin on May 29, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Steep decline in nuclear power would threaten ener... Scroll down the page I linked to the graph "Exponential Growth of Solar PV". A straight line on a log graph is exponential by definition.

tpkj on May 29, 2019 [–]

There's the formal definition of "exponential", and then there is "exponential" in the sense of completely disruptive and transformative as in the example Tony Seba gives. I am referring to the latter.

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