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The enemies of decentralization will use things like "climate change" as an excuse against PoW. I personally believe that arguments against using energy are rid
by rfd4sgmk8u 5y ago
The enemies of decentralization will use things like "climate change" as an excuse against PoW. I personally believe that arguments against using energy are ridiculous. Humans will be using 100x the energy we use today in 20 years. However I do believe we should do it as cleanly as possible! Solar, Wind, Geothermal -- all good! Trying to limit how humans spend energy is like trying to dictate what they will eat for lunch. All we can do is generate that energy cleanly, safely.
Energy usage itself should be an orthogonal issue to climate change -- indeed, for the survival of human race we need to spend lots of energy, as cleanly as possible!
- atoav 5y agoYour statement frames this, as if there wasn't extensive studies done precisely on these questions. It is a very comforting believe that we just can make our energy systems greener, our houses/machines more efficient, spend energy however we like and we somehow manage to maintain a liveable planet or reach our (quite unambitious) climate goals, but it is also wrong. And I really wish it wouldn't be. Sorry for not having the time to cite some studies here, but I assure you that your statement sounds overly optimistic or maybe even naive to anybody who has insight into current climate science.