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Re:Should We Tell People It's Too Late to Save Civilization? by AeiumNE on Sunday December 24, 2023 @09:57AM (#38753828)
Economic value isn't the sum of energy spent.

If increasing efficiency can increase the value of a set amount of energy, it can also increase the value of a decreasing amount of energy.

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Re:Should We Tell People It's Too Late to Save Civilization? by gipp on Sunday December 24, 2023 @09:58AM (#38753841)
The correlation between economic value and energy spent is firmer and more universal than just about any relation in economics, period
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Re:Should We Tell People It's Too Late to Save Civilization? by reqo on Sunday December 24, 2023 @10:01AM (#38753863)
Please provide a source, sounds interesting!
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