Longer device upgrade cycles are beneficial because they reduce e-waste, pollution, and churn.

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• Permitting reform as climate policy relies on the assumption that storage technology will continue to improve and become cheaper. MYMatthew Yglesias6 Oct 2026
• Efficiency gains in a growth-driven industry tend to be absorbed into even greater expansion rather than reducing net resource use. KJKetan Joshi1 Jul 2026
• Once a machine is fast enough and the battery lasts long enough, making it lighter and slimmer really does count for more DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson16 Mar 2022
• Cooling adds nothing to what a data centre produces, which is why it is the first thing a good design deletes rather than optimises. AVAustin Vernon18 Apr 2024
• The less is invested in a system, the more rubbish gets generated into it, piling up like a landfill over the next couple of years. LOLuis Ouriach10 Mar 2026

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