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You are okay with the state deciding you can only watch 30 mins of TV per day and 30 min of playstation? You seem to think once we decide what is useful energy
by vimy 6y ago
You are okay with the state deciding you can only watch 30 mins of TV per day and 30 min of playstation?
You seem to think once we decide what is useful energy use and what is not, only the things you deem not useful will be affected.
- anyfoo 6y agoWhat a weird straw-man. There is a whole spectrum for how regulation applies, it does not have to be the extreme you just made up. The same applies to everything. In a drought for example water usage has to be regulated, and by your reasoning I can go along and say: "You are okay with the state deciding you can only drink 1 gallon of water every day, and use 2 gallons for showering?"--even if the actual regulation is much more forthcoming. If I wasted all energy available to us both on growing poisonous fruit that smells bad, would you object to that? Oh, but doing so would be deciding what is useful and what is not!
- vimy 6y agoIt’s an extreme example to point out that what’s useful energy use for someone isn’t for someone else. Who will decide? You might not like the result when we go down this path.
- anyfoo 6y agoYes. If the alternative is a climate catastrophe, I will have to accept that. Again, the same applies to everything. You might not find a regulation about how much mercury is allowed in food items necessary or even "useful", but I, and many other people, are glad it exists.
- nemo44x 6y agoGot it - the won’t ban the things you like.