• snooggums@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Reliability tends to be in opposition to efficiency for mechanical stuff. Yeah, it sucks more energy which is bad, but if you use 50% less stuff for an efficient unit but end up replacing it 4 times while the old one still runs you end up using more materials.

      We need a happy medium between as efficient as possible but only last for a few years and reliable but very inefficient.