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It's not only for the poor. An immediate phase-out of fossil fuels would mean instant civilization collapse and billions dead. Not being able to grow and transp
by trabant00 4y ago
It's not only for the poor. An immediate phase-out of fossil fuels would mean instant civilization collapse and billions dead. Not being able to grow and transport food, not being able to process raw materials, nothing that requires plastic, etc.
- prottog 4y agoI absolutely agree with you. I think anti-fossil-fuel activists extrapolate how easily somebody could switch their ICE car to an EV, or better yet change their lifestyles to one that doesn't need a car, to the orders of magnitude higher energy requirements behind the scenes that support modern life that cannot feasibly be run on alternative sources any time soon -- construction, shipping, agriculture, mining, etc.
- Izkata 4y agoI also expect a lot of them don't think about where the power in their car's charging station comes from.