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> We simply cannot maintain our standard of living into the future. Don't make the mistake of confusing energy use with quality of life. People like to make s
by goodpoint 4y ago
> We simply cannot maintain our standard of living into the future.
Don't make the mistake of confusing energy use with quality of life.
People like to make such alarmist statement around standard of living but we should instead ask ourselves what makes for quality of life.
A good example is planned obsolescence in technology: it greatly increases energy usage and pollution without making consumers happier (on the contrary they hate it)
- chongli 4y agoDon't make the mistake of conflating carbon emissions with transportation. So much of our society is built on carbon and personal automobiles are only a part of it. Cement production, globalized shipping, fertilizers for growing food, natural gas for making steel and other heavy industry. No matter how you slice it, wind and solar can't replace any of that stuff.
- 8note 4y agoWind and solar might not, but that isn't to say that there arent replacements