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While you are correct there is just no way that this is going to happen. Even if you could convince all the West to give up FF then I don't think you could conv
by rosege 7y ago
While you are correct there is just no way that this is going to happen. Even if you could convince all the West to give up FF then I don't think you could convince China and India. Also there is no way you could convince the majority of people in the West to give up FF because a large percentage still don't believe climate change is man made. I was having a discussion a couple of nights ago with someone who thought it was all a conspiracy and when I said well NASA says the number of climate scientists behind it is 94% they still prefer to believe the right wing radio.
I really can't see this being turned around unless a major technical breakthrough is discovered which I consider fairly unlikely.
At this stage no one knows exactly how bad it will get. I've got between 30 & 40 years left (and no kids) so I don't think it will be catastrophic in my lifetime but I still have basic plans in my head about becoming more self-sufficient in the future as one way to deal with a potential fallout should there be some kind of calamity in the future.
- sriku 7y agoConsider these - http://www.walkthroughindia.com/walkthroughs/top-15-biggest-solar-power-projects-in-india/ http://www.walkthroughindia.com/walkthroughs/top-15-biggest-... https://www.news18.com/news/auto/bjp-led-nda-government-mulling-to-sell-only-electric-2w-3w-in-india-2023-onwards-2171395.html https://www.news18.com/news/auto/bjp-led-nda-government-mull... On the wikipedia "list of photovoltaic power stations", China and India turn up on top when sorted by plant capacity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_photovoltaic_power_stations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_photovoltaic_power_sta...
- rosege 7y agoyes I have heard of some of those but I've also heard of Adani wanting to build coal plants too - a quick search showed this https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/climate/coal-adani-india-australia.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/climate/coal-adani-india-... So yes it would be great if they can make progress but I will hold judgement for some time.