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>The problem is no politician has real solutions in this area. I disagree. Policy changes are one necessary piece of puzzle in addition to innovation and inves
by lordswork 4y ago
>The problem is no politician has real solutions in this area.
I disagree. Policy changes are one necessary piece of puzzle in addition to innovation and investments. Hopefully the policies in the Inflation Reduction Act recently passed in the US are just the start of this.
>I think the reason is because climate change is blamed on individual behavior, rather than the fact that in current year our entire civilization is consuming more and more power and that is probably not going to decrease
Yes, that is a narrative that is being pushed hard by fossil fuel industry. Indeed, the total energy consumption of the world is going to skyrocket as developing nations improve their infrastructure and quality of life of their citizens. There's no silver bullet. We need to aim to reduce overall energy consumption in developed nations, but also aim to make 100% of that energy consumption carbon-free.
> The only solution on the horizon for everyone is nuclear fission or fusion.
There is no "one solution" to climate change. It's a complex topic, which makes it difficult to discuss online. Nuclear fission is a great medium-term investment, but investments started today, won't be quick enough to halve emissions by 2030 and level off emissions by 2050. We will need to throw everything we can at the problem, including solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal.
Fusion is the closest thing we have to a "one solution to climate change", but it's too far off to have a chance of making meaningful impact before we face catastrophic damage. We should continue to invest in it, of course, but it's a huge gamble to depend solely on it.