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Combination of needing lots of infrastructure, and lack of political will. If US decided that instead of waiting for green tech to emerge, we would just simply

Combination of needing lots of infrastructure, and lack of political will. If US decided that instead of waiting for green tech to emerge, we would just simply stop burning fossil fuels and revert to an Amish standard of living until clean fuels are developed, we could have converted to Hydrogen already

jxidjhdhdhdhfhf 5y ago
That or violent overthrow.
- behringer 5y ago
  That's what's coming now.
  - jxidjhdhdhdhfhf 5y ago
    Could be
labster 5y ago
As long as Jeff Bezos gets to keep his new half a billion dollars yacht, I’m sure the elite would be happy to see the rest of us finally return to serfdom where we belong.
foxpurple 5y ago
We don’t have to convert to an armish standard. We could have just massively reduced car transport and improve electric rail and walkability. I’m always amazed at how Americans consider driving to be a simple fact of life where you either drive daily or go back to throwing spears in the jungle.
- robocat 5y ago
  You are regurgitating a clichéd argument. > massively reduced car transport How the hell could enough people be convinced to spend say 10% of their income on public transport instead of their car and petrol/charging? https://www.statista.com/statistics/748911/us-average-per-capita-vehicle-spending-by-category/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/748911/us-average-per-ca... > improve electric rail and walkability. So click your fingers and you have cheaply and immediately magically redesigned the distribution of residential and commercial property to suit public transport and/or pedestrian/bike access? Finally, ignoring the above, building out that infrastructure and other changes would cost trillions, which indirectly causes trillions of dollars worth of extra CO2… Your argument is as trite as saying “why don’t we just stop producing CO2?”. Edit: disclaimer: yes I own a car and I also use public transport when convenient (I was even 100% carless for a few years, by living close to work and bus route was accessible).
  - justincormack 5y ago
    Well it seems you can switch a lot of people to work from home vs commute quite easily.

jxidjhdhdhdhfhf 5y ago

That or violent overthrow.

behringer 5y ago
That's what's coming now.
- jxidjhdhdhdhfhf 5y ago
  Could be

labster 5y ago

As long as Jeff Bezos gets to keep his new half a billion dollars yacht, I’m sure the elite would be happy to see the rest of us finally return to serfdom where we belong.

foxpurple 5y ago

We don’t have to convert to an armish standard. We could have just massively reduced car transport and improve electric rail and walkability. I’m always amazed at how Americans consider driving to be a simple fact of life where you either drive daily or go back to throwing spears in the jungle.

robocat 5y ago
You are regurgitating a clichéd argument. > massively reduced car transport How the hell could enough people be convinced to spend say 10% of their income on public transport instead of their car and petrol/charging? https://www.statista.com/statistics/748911/us-average-per-capita-vehicle-spending-by-category/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/748911/us-average-per-ca... > improve electric rail and walkability. So click your fingers and you have cheaply and immediately magically redesigned the distribution of residential and commercial property to suit public transport and/or pedestrian/bike access? Finally, ignoring the above, building out that infrastructure and other changes would cost trillions, which indirectly causes trillions of dollars worth of extra CO2… Your argument is as trite as saying “why don’t we just stop producing CO2?”. Edit: disclaimer: yes I own a car and I also use public transport when convenient (I was even 100% carless for a few years, by living close to work and bus route was accessible).
- justincormack 5y ago
  Well it seems you can switch a lot of people to work from home vs commute quite easily.