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Re:Modeled impact of large-scale wind and solar farms in the... by jopsen on Thursday September 06, 2018 @05:37PM (#17929785)
Exactly,

As we see efficiency increase as well.. things are not as bad. Sure energy consumption will increase, but not to US levels.

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Re:Modeled impact of large-scale wind and solar farms in the... by roenxi on Thursday September 06, 2018 @06:31PM (#17930207)
We should expect increases in efficiency vs the US to /increase/ energy use relative to US levels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

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