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It's funny how the current debate regarding sustainable energy is always about production, not consumption. Somehow consumption is always taken as a given, abou
by ciconia 11y ago
It's funny how the current debate regarding sustainable energy is always about production, not consumption. Somehow consumption is always taken as a given, about which nothing can be done.
It's obvious modern societies are wasteful - energy, food, water, transportation - but everybody is talking about how to increase production efficiency, no one is talking about how to decrease over-consumption.
- _xander 11y agoThis is partly because modern societies are struggling to figure out how to enjoy prosperity without growth[1] (some would depressingly argue that prosperity is the growth of consumption). [1] A big topic for sustainable development: https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=prosperity+without+growth&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=prosperity+without+gr...