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To your first point, yes it will. The effect has a name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebound_effect_(conservation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebound_effec
by martythemaniak 5y ago
To your first point, yes it will. The effect has a name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebound_effect_(conservation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebound_effect_(conservation)
This a good thing. The point of taming climate change isn't to inflict random punishment on people, it is to stop changing the climate. I drive an EV powered by carbon-free electricity. Political programs that are aimed at curbing how much I (and other people) move around aren't going to get voted in.
- xg15 5y agoExcept, it's often not even caused by "people" (i.e. consumers) but by businesses and the general growth-above-all-else mindset: If we could produce a widget at half the resource cost and even if there were no demand for twice as many widgets, companies would try to drive up demand for widgets, then produce twice as many widgets - because this is the only way growth can be realized.
- reitzensteinm 5y agoI'm curious how you're sourcing carbon free electricity - would you mind elaborating.