Restricting our energy use is not a very good end game. We need to learn how to unlock more energy production without destruction of the environment. This will happen through technological development. Temporarily rationing or conservation may be needed, but permanent is not the answer.
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eleitl@lemm.ee 5 weeks agoYou might have heard of these fossil fuels we’re busily running out of. And fossil is still 80% of primary energy use so there is no renewable energy transition, and renewable infrastructure is being built almost exclusively using fossil fuels.
So this means future energy rationing. What’s the business case for AI?
notfromhere@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
eleitl@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
May I interest you in this resource? escholarship.org/uc/item/9js5291m
notfromhere@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
I’m not interested in books championing our reduction of human expansion. I want to see us reach out into the stars one day. Technological development and progress is needed. We need to also change our mindset on current systems. E.g., if it doesn’t maximize return on investment, forget about it. If there is a way to do it slightly cheaper even if it’s detrimental, do it cheaper. That mindset sucks.
eleitl@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Just develop fully autopoietic artificial photosynthetic systems. Piece of cake.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
printing money by deception. oh and also votes, probably.
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Also telling me how to install arch Linux but sing it to me as a Kenny Loggins