http://asteroid.divnull.com/2006/05/even-a-broken-watch-is-right-twice-a-day/ A mind forever meandering. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:58:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://asteroid.divnull.com/2006/05/even-a-broken-watch-is-right-twice-a-day/#comment-11290 Arthur Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:00:05 +0000 http://asteroid.divnull.com/?p=102#comment-11290 I agree with fuzzykiwi. The energy consumption will naturally shrink as it gets more scarce. That, along with the combined energy income from several different sources that don't depend on non-renewable materials and with optimization of the energy consumption that is already being applied to several products (like Apple displays, just to give the first example that came to my mind), will probably hold the situation for the time needed for our technology to advance to the point that electricity becomes much less of a concern. I agree with fuzzykiwi. The energy consumption will naturally shrink as it gets more scarce. That, along with the combined energy income from several different sources that don’t depend on non-renewable materials and with optimization of the energy consumption that is already being applied to several products (like Apple displays, just to give the first example that came to my mind), will probably hold the situation for the time needed for our technology to advance to the point that electricity becomes much less of a concern.

]]> http://asteroid.divnull.com/2006/05/even-a-broken-watch-is-right-twice-a-day/#comment-414 fuzzykiwi Sun, 03 Sep 2006 03:19:19 +0000 http://asteroid.divnull.com/?p=102#comment-414 One thing about predicting future energy needs is that it's assuming an energy use growth like we've experienced in the past. If a way to harness a renewable energy source is found then this would be true but if not then you can't use what you don't have. If energy gets expensive enough then folks are going to find ways to do without. If I'm paying 10 dollar a gallon for gas then I'm sure not going to me making alot of unplaned trips. If my electricty bill goes up to 500 dollars a month then I'm sure not running the AC 24/7. The question is which gets here first scarity or long term (cheap?) renewable. Only the Shadow knows for sure . One thing about predicting future energy needs is that it’s assuming an energy use growth like we’ve experienced in the past. If a way to harness a renewable energy source is found then this would be true but if not then you can’t use what you don’t have. If energy gets expensive enough then folks are going to find ways to do without. If I’m paying 10 dollar a gallon for gas then I’m sure not going to me making alot of unplaned trips. If my electricty bill goes up to 500 dollars a month then I’m sure not running the AC 24/7. The question is which gets here first scarity or long term (cheap?) renewable. Only the Shadow knows for sure .

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