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>We should now be focusing renewables and, more cruicially, storage. And don't forget reducing power usage. Corona has shown that we can drastically reduce the
by carlmr 6y ago
>We should now be focusing renewables and, more cruicially, storage.
And don't forget reducing power usage. Corona has shown that we can drastically reduce the amount of commuters on the road and airplanes in the sky.
- read_if_gay_ 6y agoThe lockdown is/was an extraordinarily shitty situation for a lot of people and is therefore not a permanent solution for climate change.
- nefitty 6y agoI understand that some climate change deniers may be motivated by their belief that the adaptations we would have to make to reverse it would negatively impact the economy. Interestingly enough, the those change that covid has forced have had devastating economic impacts.
- ben_w 6y agoI wouldn’t count on that. A lot of people are already brisling against the restrictions imposed in response to the pandemic despite the virus actually existing — I doubt they would be sustainable once this crisis has passed.
- shakermakr 6y agoAnd also reduced our basic freedom, our economies, and placed millions into poverty. Covid isn’t a good example of a sustainable balancing of the environment over human activity.
- johnnyfaehell 6y agoTo be fair, our lifestyles weren't sustainable in the first place. That's kind of the point.
- carlmr 6y agoOf course it would have an economic impact, but our economy has been unsustainable for a long time.