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There is this idea that governments should do stuff about climate change and I think only people enjoying the fruits of indistrialization in developed countrie
by _8j50 3y ago
There is this idea that governments should do stuff about climate change and I think only people enjoying the fruits of indistrialization in developed countries think that way to the most part. The side of climate change solutions I like are the people working to make clean tech cheaper. The world was an unpleasant place in 1965 and it has been largley fossil fuel enabled changes that have seen a lot of famine, sickness and poverty reduced. HDI has improved a lot!
My point is not to say how nice fossil fuels are but how much no one gives a shit when their people are starving and fighting wars over resources. The cheapest tech wins. Wanna kill fossil fuel? Come with a cheaper solution (and there are already plenty). R&D and infra spending is better than tax incentives and forcing companies to do expensive things.
Smarter spending too, E.g.: 10s of billions will go into ev chargers in cities but none to making cheaper electric trams and rails for public transport in cities.
- best_one_there 3y agoIt's not clear that you _can_ make a cheaper solution. Solar and wind have lower EROEI than fossil fuels.
- _8j50 3y agoI thought both EVs and Wind were cheaper in the ling run; same with nuclear
- ZeroGravitas 3y agoOne of the original EROEI researchers recently re-assessed this and came to the opposite conclusion. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/12/7098/htm https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/12/7098/htm Doesn't really matter as EROIE is a dumb measurement that people use wrong anyway, but for people who think it is meaningful that should be worthwhile info to update your opinions.