• brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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    16 days ago

    I’d assume this is true over any sufficiently long time horizon.

    I’d guess it’s like 20 years for a lotta stuff? i.e. short enough the average Lemming would benefit in their lifetime

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      15 days ago

      More like a year. A wind turbine, depending on size, position etc, generates the amount of power used in it’s construction within 2.5 - 11 months. Over it’s life cycle it generates about 40x the energy you put in.