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Monthly ration in Poland, early 1980s
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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.
In the U.S., at least, power generation has been roughly flat for the last 20 years, not growing exponentially:
That's excluding our hard on for AI the last few years. Would love to see this updated.
Power usage levels in the US, though, are insane compared to mother countries.
electricity is only a tiny fraction of energy use.
I'm surprised by how much natural gas makes up the mix.