alt Hacker News> the sheer amount of energy and associated global warming risk
I think that's one very good reason to make them more efficient, and that's part of the point of contests like this one.
> the sheer amount of energy and associated global warming risk
I think that's one very good reason to make them more efficient, and that's part of the point of contests like this one.
Making things more efficient in a market setting just means they're used more. Which means we eventually use more resources with efficient methods, not less.