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The dead end of chips: Manufacturing semiconductors consumes as much energy as entire countries (english.elpais.com)
submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 weeks ago

What are we supposed to do[...]?

All of these articles treat energy usage like a massive crime, but miss/ignore that the world's energy use needs to go up as we increasingly turn to electric alternatives. The problem truly lies in how we generate electricity, not how we use it.

So the actual answer to your question is intense and rapid investment in sustainable, non-carbon energy production. An infrastructure revamp to rival any other in history. It would've been far better to do so decades ago, but that's no longer an option. Anything else is just half measures we can't afford.