The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread

[Thryleon]

Its interesting.  Everyone is happy to weigh up the pros of any technology and when the cons are raised its pointed to down the track but history has shown us what happens with any technology.

At some point the almighty dollar dictates that we stop progressing tech and start making the equivalent tech for less dollars using flakey statistics to prop up that decision.

Longevity isn't in the equation because you don't sell more of anything make it last a long time ergo, economies of scale dictate that it needs to be cheap and disposable rather than quality with longevity.

Same applies to everything we buy and use.  People would rather bright shiny new than reliable and that is the root cause of the majority of our ecological woes.

You'd make a greater impact making everyone consume less but no one ever got rich that way.