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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by iamnothere on Saturday May 25, 2019 @05:26PM (#20011557)
Only if we stop producing so many people. (Good luck with that.)
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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by usaar333 on Saturday May 25, 2019 @06:14PM (#20011801)
That's been happening almost everywhere for the last half century. Plenty of places are below replacement population growth.
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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by rabidrat on Saturday May 25, 2019 @06:33PM (#20011896)
And yet we get another billion people every 15 years.
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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by drilldrive on Saturday May 25, 2019 @07:58PM (#20012265)
That is mostly Africa nowadays. The average age there is 19.3.
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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by devdas on Saturday May 25, 2019 @08:36PM (#20012386)
Not all people are equal in the carbon equation. Per capita consumption mattes.
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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by saagarjha on Saturday May 25, 2019 @05:46PM (#20011664)
We can also try to get the people we do produce to consume less…
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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by iamnothere on Saturday May 25, 2019 @08:35PM (#20012383)
Yes, it's not either-or, but both-and. On its own, consuming and producing less probably isn't enough.
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