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We actually don't know if a modern economy can give up on using fossil fuels. It's a hypothesis we're currently testing and hoping it will hold.
by ovi256 7y ago
We actually don't know if a modern economy can give up on using fossil fuels. It's a hypothesis we're currently testing and hoping it will hold.
- perfunctory 7y ago"We actually don't know if a modern economy can give up on using horses." -- Somebody from the beginning of the 20th century.
- whenchamenia 7y agoArgubly, there are still economies that rely on horses. Havasupai still gets all their mail by mule, in the USA. Its a matter of scale. There will always be use cases for electric, ICE, and even beasts of burden.
- chungus_khan 7y agoOur choices are adapt and survive or don't. If a modern economy can't give up on using fossil fuels then a modern economy is not a survivable one.
- dredmorbius 7y agoWe know that it can't not.