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If we suddenly stopped burning fossil fuels, billions of people would likely die. Billions. That seems like a pretty "massive hole" to me.
by Turing_Machine 3y ago
If we suddenly stopped burning fossil fuels, billions of people would likely die.
Billions.
That seems like a pretty "massive hole" to me.
- _aavaa_ 3y agoThen it’s a good thing I didn’t say suddenly. What we do need to suddenly do however is act like we care, not just pay lip service to solving the problem.
- Turing_Machine 3y ago> We can’t wait for 14 years to remove fossil fuels off the grid, to say nothing of growing demand. We need to build something that will produce green electricity next year. "Next year" looks a lot like "suddenly" to me.
- _aavaa_ 3y agoI ask you to reread that sentence and try a non-inflammatory read. I am discussing the building of new electricity production, not the forceful removal of fossil fuel production. You don’t need to ban coal burning, you simply have to make them pay for the externalities they create. Gas power plants replace coal ones for the simplyfact that they’re cheaper. Unless we actively subsidize coal, they aren’t cost competitive and will fail on their own.