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Why should we conserve energy? Why is it “morally wrong” to use massive amount of energy? Shouldn’t we make energy immeasurably abundant and essentially free?
by systemvoltage 3y ago
Why should we conserve energy? Why is it “morally wrong” to use massive amount of energy? Shouldn’t we make energy immeasurably abundant and essentially free?
Are we going to run out of Sun?
It seems like with the criticism of non-renewables, the current zeitgeist has convinced everyone of degrowth ideology wholesale. The debate about renewables and non-renewables is orthogonal.
Humans IMO should have an ambition to consume all the wasted energy radiating out in outerspace by the Sun and capture it for our use.
Energy conservation has religious cult-like faith-based undercurrents. Brainwashed.
- jstarfish 3y ago> Are we going to run out of Sun? No, but this is the same orgiastic mentality that prevailed when oil was cheap in the 90s. It bit us in the ass when demand increased. Just because capacity exists doesn't mean we should maximize usage. > consume all the wasted energy radiating out in outerspace That's not wasted, it's just not captured. Capturing it requires strip-mining of the planet for the materials needed to build the damn panels, just so we can do dumb shit like generating fake money and running air conditioners with the windows open because it has no apparent cost to us ("free energy from the sun!"). Your logic literally drove the buffalo to near-extinction. People were killing and leaving them for dead just because they could. It's parasitic behavior.
- systemvoltage 3y agoYour logic is literally going to lead to depopulation of millions. Conserving the buffalo is completely orthogonal and completely unrelated to what I am saying; a strawman.