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> a house that cut energy use by 85% while still being a single family home. > The problems are not a lack of regulation but too much Name one example in the
by ClumsyPilot 3y ago
> a house that cut energy use by 85% while still being a single family home.
> The problems are not a lack of regulation but too much
Name one example in the past 50 years when the marlet has improved energy efficiency of a consumer product without government intervention.
Britain was building houses without insulation in the walls, manufacturers were building dishwashers and other household appliances that would consume over 10 W when they are switched off. Vacuum cleaner manufacturers still routinely commit fraud, because nobody tests this stuff
- shrubble 3y agoAirplane manufacturers have continually worked to make their planes more fuel-efficient, it's kind of a consumer product in that ultimately people fly on those planes. Laptop CPUs and GPUs would be another. Look at the success of ARM in cell phones and the Apple M1/M2 chips. The Japanese car makers got their foothold in the American car market with very fuel efficient cars in the mid to late 1970s, before various fuel efficiency laws were passed.
- ClumsyPilot 3y agoAirplanes and CPU's are exactly the kind of market where they are operated by a business and they are very good at managing efficiency and running costs. You don't buy an airplane, you buy a plane ticket, and you choose it based on price. An airline buys the Airplane, they calculate their expenses to set ticket prices. They will buy a more efficient airplanes. Consumers suck at managing efficiency, they will buy an inefficient fridge that's going to cost twice as much over it's lifetime, because they don't measure and keep track of these things.