Re:September was the most anomalously hot month ever
by flagrant_taco on Thursday October 05, 2023 @02:16PM
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An easier first step before nuclear is reducing our power requirements. This one gets laughed out of the room both because we don't think purple will accept it and because there's a direct correlation between GDP growth and energy consumption, we don't care enough about energy use to give up GDP.
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Re:September was the most anomalously hot month ever
by candiodari on Thursday October 05, 2023 @04:15PM
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This will achieve the opposite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
If you make something less critical, cheaper, it will be used for more and more ridiculous things.
Re:September was the most anomalously hot month ever
by flagrant_taco on Friday October 06, 2023 @12:48AM
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Jevon's Paradox is a thought experiment focused on increased efficiency not decreased demand. History is full of examples where a decrease on demand didn't lead to an increase in ridiculous uses for the technology.