In this, in this, this, this book I wrote kind of a summary of energy and climate change and history of energy. I show a plot in the history of efficiency from energy use. Humans are ingenious. So all the time we have data we continually get more efficient at using energy. But people often think well, for 10% more efficient, it means we'll consume 10% less energy. It never works that way. (53:15–53:23)
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Asserts that historical data shows continuous improvement in energy efficiency by humans.
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