What happened to the other 19 people? do they just live under a rock consuming no power?
I can assure you they won't be going on 1.5 hr long car rides everyday to nowhere.
Again, whether this is good or bad is certainly up for debate. But if the thing you claim to be worried about is "carbon emissions" then this is objectively a good thing for that particular concern.
However Jevons paradox will no doubt kick in, meaning as we get more efficient at consuming resources we will find ways to use more of it. So energy usage on a whole will continue to trend upwards because of technological advancements. So we need more power plants, ideally the clean kind