Aaron wrote:I have been called much worse than silly.
What's really silly is talking about becoming a better, more efficient consumer as if that was a noble, self less gesture.
Sure conservation means you save money... And so will I.
But it won't save 1 tiny bit energy.
Conservation may well be a useful survival skill on a personal level, but it won't impact global energy consumption.
Which is, of course, the whole point.
The only way we could really "conserve" is if all nations voluntarily agreed to use less oil than is being produced and then agreeing not to use remaining reserves. The likelihood of that happening is....zero.
That means we will use what is left...thats ok by me because geologically mandated decline rates will be occuring within a few years.
Those decline rates are better than any mandates a global governmental body would suggest.....2-4 % a year until its gone...
Because we will be achieving those nice decline rates in short order, best to get a jump on things and start conserving now- put that extra cash into efficiency, passive solar heating and lighting, garden tools, etc...
Yes conservation matters and is simply and obviously not...."pointless".