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Another way to help is for users to conserve energy. Most people and companies can reduce their consumption while gaining quality of life by paying more attenti
by spodek 8y ago
Another way to help is for users to conserve energy. Most people and companies can reduce their consumption while gaining quality of life by paying more attention to their use.
While conserving doesn't solve everything, it seems an essential part of the strategy.
- oldcynic 8y agoWhilst it doesn't solve everything moving our building stock towards passive standards would save enormous amounts of energy. Some of the growth of domestic solar seems rather pointless given how leaky and poorly insulated so many of our buildings are.
- eesmith 8y agoAmory Lovins' "negawatt power" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negawatt_power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negawatt_power . In his 1985 book he "argued that utility customers don’t want kilowatt-hours of electricity; they want energy services such as hot showers, cold beer, lit rooms, and spinning shafts, which can come more cheaply if electricity is used more efficiently."