spot5050 wrote:No no no. "Saving energy" only has a ring to it because you've heard the phrase a million times. Not because it makes sense.
Fuel is finite. Energy is infinite.
"saving fuels" SHOULD have a ring to it.
With respect, I think this is simply a semantics issue.
If fuel (the fuel we know how to practically use) isn't stored energy, then what is it? I contend that it IS stored energy (to the extent it is burned to give up that energy for those who need it).
So I contend that wasting fuel IS wasting energy, for all practical purposes
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And the idea that "energy is infinite" might work for the universe as a whole. But for currently usable energy for planet earth -- it is very finite. That's the core reason this site exists.
Given the track record of the perma-doomer blogs, I wouldn't bet a fast crash doomer's money on their predictions.