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Letter: One step forwards, two steps backwards

Published 15 December 2021

From Lucy Roberts, Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK

You report that it is possible to use around 7 per cent less energy on regular computing tasks in the UK by careful scheduling (6 November, p 13). Next to this story is an article on the imminent arrival of energy-intensive space tourism. Is this juxtaposition an expression of the editor’s despair? It certainly reflects mine.

Issue no. 3365 published 18 December 2021

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