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> Many argue that society should address overproduction and overconsumption of goods, and therefore energy, rather than increasing energy production. These peo
by automatic6131 4y ago
> Many argue that society should address overproduction and overconsumption of goods, and therefore energy, rather than increasing energy production.
These people should be ignored. They are not serious people.
And, against these concerns, there are only two renewable sources that provide constant power and both are limited by geography: hydro and tidal. I'm not aware of any high output tidal in the first place, and both are extremely limited about where they can be built in the first place.
- goodpoint 4y agoYou made a false quote including "These people should be ignored. They are not serious people." as if I wrote it.
- automatic6131 4y agoMy mistake, definitely my opinion that.
- teakettle42 4y agoThanks for pointing out his typo. He is correct, though. These people should be ignored and they are not serious people. “Humanity should change its baseline behavior“ is a sign of someone who is more interested in decrying the status quo than they are in fixing anything. You cannot fundamentally change humanity. Next proposal, please.
- goodpoint 4y ago> “Humanity should change its baseline behavior“ is a sign of someone who is more interested in decrying the status quo than they are in fixing anything. The last 20 years in improving building and vehicle energy efficiency never happened? > You cannot fundamentally change humanity Also the last 10.000 years never happened.
- teakettle42 4y ago> The last 20 years in improving building and vehicle energy efficiency never happened? What about that demonstrates a fundamental change in humanity, or specifically, a reduction in the overproduction or overconsumption of goods? > Also the last 10.000 years never happened. Do you have 10k years to spare? If anything, I’d argue that most of our contemporary problems are a result of our fundamental nature failing to adapt to the new environment — and new problems — that we’ve created over the past 10,000 years.
- imtringued 4y agoDictionary definition of over-production "the production of more of a product, commodity, or substance than is wanted or needed." Overproduction makes nobody happy by definition and can actively make people unhappy as a sideffect. It is production which is not wanted or needed by anyone, overproduction only exists because we haven't figured out how to share jobs, so instead we give everyone pointless jobs, where they produce pointless products or provide pointless services, just so that they can tick the employment box and get a salary as the division of labor has become an essential part in satisfying basic needs (food and shelter).