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You’re splitting hairs. The real metric would be man hours per GWh generated or similar. That metric is moving in the wrong direction as we move to distributed
by bequanna 3y ago
You’re splitting hairs.
The real metric would be man hours per GWh generated or similar. That metric is moving in the wrong direction as we move to distributed, intermittent generation.
Make work is not progress, it’s a tax.
- burkaman 3y agoI do think that would be an interesting metric, but it sounds pretty difficult to calculate and I haven't found any related research. I disagree that distributed generation is the wrong direction, I think it's extremely valuable and worth extra labor if it's more resistant to supply chain issues and less carbon intensive than whatever it's replacing.
- midasuni 3y agoNot really because you’re completely ignoring the externalities with that metric. But if you did include the entire supply chain, how many many man hours went into securing oil supply with the invasion of Iraq? Not just the armed forces, but the man hours of production for the materiel.