That’s the tricky thing about conservation. These problems have multiple sources! Every time a completely new energy-hungry product category is introduced, the

That’s the tricky thing about conservation. These problems have multiple sources! Every time a completely new energy-hungry product category is introduced, the carbon budget gets harder and harder to balance. In the 19X0s it was television and air conditioning, in the 2010s it was Bitcoin maybe, and now we’re adding AI. In the 2X00s, teleportation will double the typical commute energy usage, until heavy regulation and scientific advances will bring it down again.