• EvilHaitianEatingYourCat@lemmy.world
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    18 days ago

    Unpopular opinion: we need to ration electricity consumption as well as fuel today, even in capitalists countries. Because that stuff actually has incredible impact on the planet, and will (must) drive consumption down, so that companies / individuals start integrating “efficiency” into their thinking

    I don’t see any other solution to the “exponentially growing power consumption” problem.

    • bitcrafter@programming.dev
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      18 days ago

      I don’t see any other solution to the “exponentially growing power consumption” problem.

      In the U.S., at least, power generation has been roughly flat for the last 20 years, not growing exponentially:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_of_the_United_States#/media/File:Timeline_of_U.S._electricity_generation_by_major_energy_source.png