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| Jul 29, 2023 at 0:26 | comment | added | Alexander The 1st | The analogy for the 19th Century sort of falls apart when you remember that milk delivery was a thing back then - at that time, people replaced refrigeration tied energy towards horse drawn vehicle energy consumption, a bit of exporting their energy footprint. Since then, however, we've had significant differences in how we get milk to people via grocery stores, and deliver to those stores directly instead - across longer distances, because our vehicles can go farther and export energy footprint for delivery across more people. | |
| Jul 28, 2023 at 13:11 | comment | added | JonathanReez | The true “needs” of a person are very small - people in the 19th century did just fine with a lot less. So yes, there is baseline level of “need” but it’s much lower than claimed by activists and politicians. | |
| Oct 19, 2022 at 5:01 | history | answered | Alexander The 1st | CC BY-SA 4.0 |