Pentashagon comments on Notes on "The Limits to Growth" and surrounding material - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Pentashagon 23 July 2013 06:33:36PM 0 points [-]

Thermodynamic inefficiency will always produce at least some heat pollution and I think it's safe to predict that the cost of achieving 99.99% efficiency is at least an order of magnitude more expensive than 99.9% efficiency.