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nope... If you improve the efficiency of coal plants say by 25%, then you have a choice : either you keep those 25% as CO2 that's not produced anymore in the fu
by wiz21c 5y ago
nope... If you improve the efficiency of coal plants say by 25%, then you have a choice : either you keep those 25% as CO2 that's not produced anymore in the future, either you say that for the same amount of CO2 you can have 25% more appliances.
In the first case, it means that the 25% kept for the future shall not be used : you cap consumption to 25% less than what it is today (great, but many people unhappy because you stop producing more electricty).
In the second case, you accept to use those 25% but then you stay at today's CO2 production level, which is known to be too high.
Whatever scenario, you'll have (you, me and other individuals) to use less electricity.
- JPKab 5y agoI don't think that reducing CO2 emissions from a given electrical plant should be assumed to be something that made the plant more efficient and the electricity it produces to be cheaper, and therefore resulting in a proportionate increase in consumption. In my opinion, this is a false dichotomy.