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There's some law which states that when the price of something halves, the usage doubles. Look at LED lighting, it's more energy efficient, so now we deploy mo
by 323 4y ago
There's some law which states that when the price of something halves, the usage doubles.
Look at LED lighting, it's more energy efficient, so now we deploy more of it, ending up using exactly as much energy as before (but now everything is well lit).
The same with video codecs, as they get better, we generate more video.
- needle0 4y agoSounds like a form of Parkinson's Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law
- glowingly 4y agoPerhaps Jevon's Paradox? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox Though with LED lighting, it really depends. I still am using far less power for all of my lighting vs 1 incandescent light bulb. I am thinking specifically of the room/desk lamp of my childhood. Though I haven't counted the blinkenlights on my router, switch, etc. Maybe all of those added up will tip the balance.
- Dylan16807 4y ago> Though I haven't counted the blinkenlights on my router, switch, etc. Maybe all of those added up will tip the balance. No way those total over a watt.
- tpxl 4y agoA blinkenlight LED is about 0.7V at 20mA, totaling about 0.14mW per LED, or 7142 LEDs per watt.