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More people than the climate, that’s for sure. Energy production levels must increase profoundly, while costs must fall. This is already happening, and not eve
by zaroth 4y ago
More people than the climate, that’s for sure.
Energy production levels must increase profoundly, while costs must fall. This is already happening, and not even that slowly in the grand scheme of things. Personal energy generation and storage is already cheaper than the grid as long as you can finance the upfront investment at a reasonable rate.
I’ll say it until I’m, err, green in the face. Make clean energy cheaper and more abundant and it will be used. Make climate friendly products more compelling and cheaper than their dirtier substitutes, and the better products will win on the open market.
Climate austerity is not so much “saving the future” but rather “murdering the poor” and I find it morally indefensible.
- tda 4y agoNo poor people will die from e.g. flying less, downsizing our cars or eating less meat. That is because the really poor (or perhaps half of all humans) don't fly, don't have cars and don't have a cheap meat based diet.