> Energy consumption is frankly not a phenomenon I give two shits about, as an environmentalist. Fossil fuel consumption is. Production of any energy causes po

> Energy consumption is frankly not a phenomenon I give two shits about, as an environmentalist. Fossil fuel consumption is. Production of any energy causes pollution: those wind turbines and solar panels aren't carbon-free, they took a bunch energy/carbon to produce ("embodied carbon"). Increasing energy use for anything causes the need to produce new plants to be built. If you can use less energy to produce the same results and thus reduce demand it may obviate the need for more more supply in the first place.