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It's simple. Fossil fuels work, are absolutely reliable and they make the world spin. Renewables, for all their vast potential, do not. And at the end of the da
by FridayoLeary 5y ago
It's simple. Fossil fuels work, are absolutely reliable and they make the world spin. Renewables, for all their vast potential, do not. And at the end of the day, the major world decisions are made based more on financial interests then on social/political ones. That's why i believe that following global trade and markets will give you a more reliable outlook on the world than following News sites.
- ganzuul 5y agoYour thinking is an exacting demonstration of the short-sightedness that is about to render our species extinct.
- FridayoLeary 5y ago> about to render our species extinct Cut down on food wasting. Actually, why not cut down on all wastage, i think almost unbelievable gains will be rapidly made against poverty and towards the environment.
- ganzuul 5y agoTo do that we need to put an end to market capitalism in favor of planned economy. Apparently Walmart has a model that works at the required scale.
- imtringued 5y agoThe "market capitalism" solution is to put a price on bad things.
- ganzuul 5y agoThat's fine. The problem is the price is too low so people keep paying it.
- imtringued 5y agoThat's an argument in favor of switching to natural gas yet many countries don't do so. Natural gas also tends to be more expensive than renewables so you can afford to shut the gas plants down when renewables are available. Compare that to coal where the coal plant pushes renewables off the grid because it cannot throttle fast enough.