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This. Is. Nonsense. The low energy, energy efficiency drive isn't a trap isn't about using less energy, it's about wasting less energy, and sourcing energy in
by oliwarner 4y ago
This. Is. Nonsense.
The low energy, energy efficiency drive isn't a trap isn't about using less energy, it's about wasting less energy, and sourcing energy in a sustainable way that doesn't render the planet uninhabitable.
Why heat a room with your 100W light bulb when you get more light from a 7W LED alternative?
We absolutely can use more energy, but we haven't figured out how to scale out sustainable generation and storage. Right now, dumping fossil fuels is important to accomplish that second goal. Wasting less is an important part of that.
There is no trap, we're just not there yet.
- tigerlily 4y agoThen he went about begging the question: > What does having a lot more energy let us do? For starters we can avoid the worst of the climate crisis by aggressively shifting to electrification of transportation, heating and cooling, production and so forth. Electrification means a decrease in overall energy usage. No increase in energy production required.
- anovikov 4y agoThen the whole discussion is only a matter of confusion between "energy" and "electricity". In fact, reduction of consumption of "energy" under most scenarios means increase of consumption of electricity, because electricity allows to do a lot more with less e.g. electric vs gasoline powered cars. And, electricity is the easiest form of energy to produce in a renewable way. 63% of electricity in EU is renewable or nuclear i.e. low-carbon, while only about 22% of energy overall is renewable and some about 27% is low-carbon.