The original point was against using energy consumption as a measure of worthiness. It’s true that all worthy things tend to consume energy, but energy consumption isn’t proportional to worthiness, and some things that consume energy aren’t worth anything at all. This holds whether one adopts a purely hedonistic view of utility or not.
The original point was against using energy consumption as a measure of worthiness. It’s true that all worthy things tend to consume energy, but energy consumption isn’t proportional to worthiness, and some things that consume energy aren’t worth anything at all. This holds whether one adopts a purely hedonistic view of utility or not.