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That $600k of production is based on the idea that you would have worked at some point, and people would have consumed your work. That is very different from "l
by superuser2 10y ago
That $600k of production is based on the idea that you would have worked at some point, and people would have consumed your work. That is very different from "let's all stop producing and consuming."
- ido 10y agoProduced and consumed digital works, which have no deleterious effects on the environment.
- superuser2 10y agoOkay - the growth sector these days (to the extent that there is one) is already services not manufacturing.
- stevenwiles 10y agoYou're saying energy is free?
- ido 10y agoThe electricity required for running a computer is negligible compared to, say, manufacturing a car. And we can eventually move most/all electricity production to green methods but manufacturing physical items will always require physical resources.
- shawn-butler 10y agoThe production and consumption of digital works has plenty of "deleterious" effects on the environment.