Carolina QuotesIt seems amazing that those who advocate energy conservation haven't noticed what happens: As soon as some energy is freed up by conservation, the technological world-system gobbles it up and demands more. No matter how much energy is provided, the system always expands rapidly until it is using all available energy, and then it demands still more.
Ted Kaczynski Connected to the Carolinas
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p. 56
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- Anti-Tech Revolution: Why and How (2015)
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- 2015
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- p. 56
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