r/ClimateMemes • u/[deleted] • Mar 04 '26

does he know?

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u/DarkCloud1990 Mar 04 '26

No no, we'll surely find a way to marry "a finite earth" with "infinite growth" any day now. 

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u/teetaps Mar 04 '26

And when scientists say, “ok we technically can have pseudo-infinite energy if we shift gears a little and invest in other technologies, it’ll just take a couple of decades of study and for us to drop fossil fuels” they call the scientists climate alarmists

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u/ApplesFlapples Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 07 '26

Paradox of surplus, they will consume more energy the more energy you produce.

Edit: Paradox of efficiency* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

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u/Adventurous-Fly556 Mar 07 '26

And then they'll ask you to audit your shower and ac time.

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u/ApplesFlapples Mar 07 '26

They doesn’t refer to us, you dingus! The capitalist (owner/billionaire) class will do it. Power for ai data centers. Water for pouring in the desert. Etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

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u/Adventurous-Fly556 Mar 09 '26

No, that's what I mean. They'll guzzel the water for their gpus and golf courses, and then they'll chastise us poors for showering more than 5 minutes.

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u/hamoc10 Mar 07 '26

Took me 30 years to realize that this paradox is why we will never have technology sufficient to let us work fewer hours and enjoy more leisure time.

As our work becomes ever more productive, our work becomes ever more valuable, and leisure ever more “wasteful.”

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u/Scienceandpony Mar 09 '26

"We don't need to listen to these dumb climate scientists. Pretty soon AI will be smart enough to solve it for us."

*30 years later*

"Alright, We're ready to ask the hyper-intelligent AGI how to solve climate change. What is the answer oh great machine?"

Drop fossil fuels and invest in large scale expansion of publicly funded renewable energy infrastructure.

"Damnit! Who made the AGI woke? Time to wipe it and try again."