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Re:Facing brutal climate math, US bets billions on direct ai... by Maursault on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @04:24PM (#35619523)
> Nobody seems to be doing anything to reduce emissions,

No one is working on carbon-free renewable energy? Solar power hasn't doubled in efficiency since development began? No one is building wind farms? ICE vehicle fuel efficiency has not been massively increased? No one is making electric vehicles? Supply chains are not getting more efficient? There are no waste reduction strategies being implemented anywhere? There are no efforts to reduce methane emissions?

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Re:Facing brutal climate math, US bets billions on direct ai... by throwaway5947 on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @05:41PM (#35620689)
That’s all well and good but you still have to account for Jevon’s Paradox, that it might not matter if consumption keeps rising. It seems really, really hard to do that in a socioeconomic system built upon continuous industrial growth and consumption.
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