The author's opinion on this topic is that energy arguments are basically bunk, but she doesn't mention the scaling you do. I'm unequipped to judge who's right.
Most energy arguments are little more than hot takes, speculating on what might happen in hypothetical worlds where the cost of energy behaves in a way that it literally has never behaved in human history. The efficiency of energy production, storage, and transmission has always been and will always be the fundamental anchor of worldwide economic growth.
The author's opinion on this topic is that energy arguments are basically bunk, but she doesn't mention the scaling you do. I'm unequipped to judge who's right.