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Orrr, the grid is moved towards renewable energy so that the fear of global warming doesn't stunt technological advancements?

• xipix 4y ago
  "Technological advancements" is a term that is open to interpretation. To many, it means advancements in terms of reducing CO2 emissions.
• kreetx 4y ago
  Yeah, it seems to me (not an expert!) that energy will cost less and less over time, both in terms of how much you pay and how much CO2 is produced, thus CO2 production won't have much relation to image compression.
• 1337shadow 4y ago
  Renewable energies require gaz and coal backups.
  • astrange 4y ago
    Or nuclear or geothermal. Or a lot of batteries. Main problem with the grid in California is when it sets fire to things or windstorms cause an outage. The generation side is holding up pretty well.
• imoverclocked 4y ago
  Optimizing for a metric that benefits all of humanity is not stunting technological improvements. It’s improving in a direction that makes human-sense instead of some other kind of sense. Also, renewable energy doesn’t mean infinite/limitless energy. It often means there are more limitations than non-renewable counterparts. Eg: storing energy is still not a solved problem without really toxic (environmentally and politically) materials.