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I disagree. There is more untapped energy and resources in this world than we could ever hope for, We just need to develop the tech to access it. Climate change

• mrguyorama 3y ago
  >We just need to develop the tech to access it What energy What "tech"? Tech isn't magic. We can't just magically stop the greenhouse effect.
  • aydyn 3y ago
    Solar, wind and nuclear (theoretically) are limitless. > We can't just magically stop the greenhouse effect. You're absolutely right, that's why tech is the only non-magical solution. Anyone thinking they can change the behavior of 8 billion people is engaging in magical thinking.
    • flagrant_taco 3y ago
      Solar and wind are absolutely limited, both by environmental conditions that change the energy potential and by our ability to store energy. Neither can handle surge use as well either, we can't make more wind or sunshine when everyone turns on their suit conditioner. Nuclear is at least a viable shirt term solution. Combine that with reducing our total energy demand and we're at least buying ourselves more time to figure things out, that's a much better sort term path for sure.
      • aydyn 3y ago
        You're not saying anything I disagree with. Technology will, and has been very quickly improving those limitations.
• flagrant_taco 3y ago
  How do we know these exist of we don't know how to access our use them? Without access we can only estimate the reserves, and without a way to use it we can't calculate the potential energy creation or storage. We really are screwed off our only hope is blind faith that tech can save us. Technology can help, but we can't abandon the option of decisions that can already be made today.