• futatorius@lemm.ee
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    21 days ago

    A word of caution: there is not a constant relationship between carbon emissions (or energy use, for that matter) and GDP. Some economies are far more efficient than others. Some of the most efficient countries are among the wealthiest. So at very least, it is not inevitable that improvements in energy efficiency will mean reductions in GDP, and it certainly doesn’t make sense to assume that a reduction in growth will lead to a corresponding reduction in energy use or greenhouse gas emissions.