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Our modern lights, screens and appliances all use less energy than 30 years ago.
by Projectiboga 2y ago
Our modern lights, screens and appliances all use less energy than 30 years ago.
- kibwen 2y agoAnd as a result we're using our lights, screens, and appliances far more than we were 30 years ago.
- adddalain 2y ago[dead]
- cgh 2y agoUS emissions peaked in 2007 and have since fallen to 1980s levels: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=52380 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=52380 2021 reversed this trend. Guess why?
- wakawaka28 2y agoNo, we aren't really. Did you ever hear someone say they couldn't use their computer or TV because it uses too much power? How about refrigerators? Air conditioners might be in that category, but only the poorest people would use an AC less because of cost.
- LeafItAlone 2y ago>but only the poorest people would use an AC less because of cost I think you may be surprised here.
- wakawaka28 2y agoWell there are the crazies that ran the Paris Olympics, who wanted athletes to not have AC. I suppose there are also some very miserly people who can afford AC and refuse to use it. But let's just say my statement is general and leave it at that.
- roenxi 2y agoHow much of the US's power is used in lighting? Lighting usually isn't a major energy sink, the load is light (hehe). Regardless, you also probably aren't accounting for the well known https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox that means you can't expect to reduce energy use through efficiency gains. Energy is too important to raising quality of life, people invariably find uses for it unless the cost goes.