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by JamesBarney 3481 days ago
A 80% reduction in carbon emissions does not mean an 80% reduction in energy use.

If we took the very dramatic changes of switching all energy to nuclear, changed to a mostly vegetarian diet, and replaced as much of transportation usage as possible with electric we would end up with an 80% or greater reduction in emissions and still enjoy plenty of the benefits of a post-industrial society.