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I completely agree that we need to be vastly more aggressive in terms of ditching fossil fuels: fossil fuels are just plain stupid even when you ignore the clim
by zamalek 5y ago
I completely agree that we need to be vastly more aggressive in terms of ditching fossil fuels: fossil fuels are just plain stupid even when you ignore the climate catastrophe that we are causing by using them.
However, At this point, assuming we make no more improvements, we have successfully avoided turning Earth into Venus.
> require intense short(er)-term demand for energy which will likely need to come from fossil fuels.
We're actually starting to trend away from this[1][2].
[1]: https://www.gem.wiki/Category:Proposed_coal_plants_in_the_United_States https://www.gem.wiki/Category:Proposed_coal_plants_in_the_Un...
[2]: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/new-coal-plants-dwindle-amid-wave-of-cancelled-projects https://e360.yale.edu/digest/new-coal-plants-dwindle-amid-wa...