Of course things take energy; this is so obvious, it’s a straw man. The question is how closely economic value correlates with raw energy usage. The answer is:

Of course things take energy; this is so obvious, it’s a straw man. The question is how closely economic value correlates with raw energy usage. The answer is: they’ve been diverging for years. A Simpsons SD card does not take any more energy to use than an SD card full of Pauly Shore movies. A Mercedes sedan uses about the same amount of energy as a Honda sedan.