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This kind of thing is what scares me most about a trump presidency (that and wondering what kind of over the top candidates are going to appear in three years t

This kind of thing is what scares me most about a trump presidency (that and wondering what kind of over the top candidates are going to appear in three years to try and imitate his success) but I'm trying really hard to be positive and see a way out for the climate, and I only see two options 1. Green energy becomes so much more competitive than fossil that trump and his cronies have to do a 180 2. Millions more people worldwide are inspired to go green and start generating their own green power, through wind and solar technology like musks roof tiles. Preferably both, otherwise it's goodbye civilisation in the next 50-100 years. I have to try and be an optimist

KirinDave 10y ago
The thing is, for certain aspects of the story #1 is absolutely there already and other countries recongize this. Alternative generation brings new challenges (and less well subsidized jobs), but other countries are not collapsing their economy as they convert.
lucaspiller 10y ago
#2 isn't going to happen anytime soon. Governments worldwide are cutting funding and subsidies for micro generation, and even though it could lead to a small profit over time, nobody wants to pay say $20k upfront[0] to have a solar system fitted. Its kind of funny, because if we paid more in the short term we could do a lot to limit climate change, and even reduce energy costs in the future - but everyone just wants everything as cheap as possible now. [0] Although I have seen companies offering to install panels on your property, which they own, then they pay you a % of the profits from energy generated.