> I see a lot of cynicism around renewable energy and electric cars and I frankly don't get it. It mostly comes from understanding how power production and dis

> I see a lot of cynicism around renewable energy and electric cars and I frankly don't get it. It mostly comes from understanding how power production and distribution works. > Even if we "only" get to 90% renewables by 2045 90% renewables doesn't mean we get to cut 90% of fossil fuel production capacity, and it's almost impossible that we get to 90% renewables without taking serious quality-of-life hits (unless you're including nuclear). > We aren't done innovating on the renewable front either. Yeah, in 50 years it will probably be fine. But we're talking about now. I'm also interested in the opportunity cost of switching to renewables. Maybe we can have the same quality of life we do now off of solar in 50 years, but almost certainly our quality of life would be significantly better if we weren't on solar. The Kardashev scale is the best cheap proxy for quality of civilizational development. > It will create a lot of jobs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window > Thankfully, the world is not only made up of cynics, and a lot of people already are. Another word for "cynic" in this context is "person with realistic and accurately calibrated economic expectations".