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Re:Tech Won’t Save Us. Shrinking Consumption Will by gcanyon on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @02:50AM (#29722829)
And work remotely to reduce oil consumption, and reduce the power requirements for lighting and computing, and increase population density for greater efficiency.
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Re:Tech Won’t Save Us. Shrinking Consumption Will by bryanlarsen on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @08:57AM (#29724814)
You can't efficiency to net-zero. It helps, but it can't be the primary mechanism.
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Re:Tech Won’t Save Us. Shrinking Consumption Will by gcanyon on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @11:49PM (#29805243)
The perfect shouldn't be the enemy of the good. And net-zero won't be the same as zero. With newer technologies like synthetic fuel based on renewables, efficiency can get us to net zero.
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Re:Tech Won’t Save Us. Shrinking Consumption Will by bryanlarsen on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @10:26AM (#29810088)
That's a pretty funny definition of efficiency. Synthetic fuel based on renewables is about 10% efficient grid-to-wheel vs 90%+ efficiency for battery electric.

Synthetic fuels will be a crucial part of net zero, but aren't efficient or cheap.

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