Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 9 months agoA new NASA study seems to pull the plug on space solar power, by saying its vastly more expensive than Earth based solar.www.thespacereview.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down10cross-posted to: futurology@futurology.today
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-linkA new NASA study seems to pull the plug on space solar power, by saying its vastly more expensive than Earth based solar.www.thespacereview.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: futurology@futurology.today
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·9 months agoI’m not debating that efficiency has improved. Total energy use by humans has increased and shows no sign of reversing. IDK what faffing around debating ancient CPUs is supposed to prove.
minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoThey’re called examples Here’s the link from the other guy https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/browser/index.php?tbl=T01.07#/?f=M&start=200001 When the line goes Up ⬆️ that means usage is up ⬆️ when the line does down ⬇️usage is down ⬇️ if you look you’ll see after 2000 the line is trending down ⬇️
minus-squaredeegeese@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThat’s just for the US. Global energy use is still rising.
I’m not debating that efficiency has improved.
Total energy use by humans has increased and shows no sign of reversing. IDK what faffing around debating ancient CPUs is supposed to prove.
They’re called examples
Here’s the link from the other guy https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/browser/index.php?tbl=T01.07#/?f=M&start=200001
When the line goes Up ⬆️ that means usage is up ⬆️ when the line does down ⬇️usage is down ⬇️ if you look you’ll see after 2000 the line is trending down ⬇️
That’s just for the US.
Global energy use is still rising.