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You are supposing that with more productivity people will emit less carbon but there's no mechanism for that More productivity means the employers just demand
by nextaccountic 6mo ago
You are supposing that with more productivity people will emit less carbon but there's no mechanism for that
More productivity means the employers just demand more from the workers
- asymmetric 6mo agoYeah, this seems like a textbook case where one could apply Jevons Paradox.
- twoodfin 6mo agoOK well now you have to look at changing the economy-wide energy mix or embracing de-growth. Switching data centers to 100% solar or nuclear or … solves Wired’s complaint but not this one.
- gambiting 6mo ago"with increases in productivity, we'll all work 2-4 hours a week and maintain the same output!" No, you'll work 40 hours and just do 10 times more in that time. Same thing.