by Auden Schendler, via EDC Magazine Sometimes a failure can arrive disguised as a success. For example, DDT. The A-bomb. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." The Industrial Revolution (if it ends up destroying civilization with runaway climate change). Highly profitable energy efficiency. Wait--energy efficiency? Isn't that what's going to help save humanity? Well, yes. Efficiency is [...]
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