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We have to use fossil fuels while there are no alternatives online. Germany is shutting down nuclear plants and building coal power stations. Britain is increas
by raffraffraff 5y ago
We have to use fossil fuels while there are no alternatives online. Germany is shutting down nuclear plants and building coal power stations. Britain is increasing coal usage this year because Russian natural gas prices are going up.
Also, if "all we have to do is stop burning fossil fuels and farming cattle" then isn't that an admission that climate change is the result of human activity? If it wasn't, then why would we need to change our behaviour?
And if it were really as simple as you make it sound to just switch off fossil fuel and use renewables, then why hasn't it happened?
Right now, a report says that in this century we could be looking at global temperature increases of 5°C+ above pre-industrial levels at current trends. How long does it take to build a nuclear plant? 30 years? How many are being built right now? How many active nuclear plants are being decommissioned? When are we going to ban all fossil fuel cars? 2050? When are we going to curb the number of methane producing livestock?
Yeah, once those feedback loops kick in fully there is nothing whatsoever we can do even if we finally get off our asses and try. That's all I'm saying.