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It does matter. 1 W * 1,000,000 cars is still 1 MW. It's like saying a javascript file of 1MB is ok because there are images of 10MB on the same page.

• ricardobeat 11y ago
  No, it's like saying everyone should cut down their JavaScript files by 1kb to reduce emissions.
  • huuu 11y ago
    I don't think you got my point, but yes, cutting down your JavaScript files will reduce emission.
    • cbr 11y ago
      The idea is that you should prioritize based on impact-for-effort and not sweat the small stuff.
• mikeash 11y ago
  It's more like saying that if you somehow turned off all the fancy electronics, you'd add maybe half a mile to the car's 200+ mile range.
• chillacy 11y ago
  An entry level model S has a ~360hp engine, so 0.2 MW A million of those cars is 200,000 MW Amdahl's law: when optimizing performance, target the largest consumer first. And in this case the engine is the largest, by at least 5 orders of magnitude It would save much more electricity educating people to drive less aggressively and use less braking than to remove the sensors