• FiniteBanjo
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    4 months ago

    We also use more energy total, namely more gas cars on the roads.

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      4 months ago

      yeah and shift them to EV, and renewale elec gen share will go back down. It has fairly steadfastly been in the region of 25-30% for about 30-40 years.

      It’s almost like more cheap energy induces demand . . .

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        4 months ago

        TBF efficiency has made massive strides, despite poor regulatory standards and lack of enforcement, but then shit like Crypto mining and LLMs keep coming about to make more power sinks.