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paulryanrogers • today at 4:02 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

How far does it scale? Because I imagine there must be diminishing returns at some point. And even so, having a lot more renewable energy also means less cancer.


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lesuorac • today at 7:52 AM

Really far.

The crux of Jevon's paradox is that you’re lowering the cost of revenue below the sale price.

If I can generate $10 a sale then I’ll do no sales if it costs me $11 . If gas drops from $4 to $2 then I’ll do as many sales as I can as $9 is less than $10.

saurik • today at 6:52 AM

I mean, right now, supposedly, we don't have enough energy to run as many AI data centers as everyone wants to build, and so big tech is getting into the power plant business to scale up: they'd love it if you stopped using energy they want to buy!