Problem is, as you add new ways to use energy, often the addition of renewables is at a pace that simply covers that new use of energy, but isn’t enough to actually reduce existing fossil fuel use. So it leaves you running in place in a world that desperately needs to lessen fossil fuel use to survive as a species.
Degrowth is necessary to actually lower energy demand so we can quickly get to net zero. Only once we reach that point should we consider being more wasteful with additional renewable energy.
We dont need most of the bullshit energy use of say AI, we should totally reduce it
How we generate it is the problem
Problem is, as you add new ways to use energy, often the addition of renewables is at a pace that simply covers that new use of energy, but isn’t enough to actually reduce existing fossil fuel use. So it leaves you running in place in a world that desperately needs to lessen fossil fuel use to survive as a species.
Degrowth is necessary to actually lower energy demand so we can quickly get to net zero. Only once we reach that point should we consider being more wasteful with additional renewable energy.
And that’s just your opinion.