We don't need more research or missing some key technology. Its only a motivation problem at this point. Even battery tech is _way_ more advanced than the curr

We don't need more research or missing some key technology. Its only a motivation problem at this point. Even battery tech is _way_ more advanced than the current lithium that is cheaply available - only the demand isn't there because its already so cheap - thats again a motivation problem to get the demand up and costs down for alternatives. We know how to build energy neutral houses (well insulated, produce their own energy/heat, ...) and can produce food much more locally (see how the dutch deliver produce to around the world with minimal resource/land usage, look at what solarfoods is doing, ...) and also energy neutral. transport can be shifted to EV public transport to a quite large degree, the energy coming from renwewables. excess renewable energy can be used for hydrogen production which then can act as portable fuel, maybe even used for airplanes one way or the other. ... but all this stuff costs money. money that ordinary people right now are severely lacking, because a few people are hoarding all of it instead. take that money away, use it for fundamental infrastructural projects, done by local companies in parallel (not one megacorp), which creates tons of jobs, which stimulates the economy. Like a green new deal. This all can be achieved here and now, and once going the prices for relevant materials/tech plummet, and not so rich countries can also start doing it. Why are people preferring to work themselves into poverty for some billionaires' profits instead? the point of a government is that it oversees areas like the economy and course-corrects when something goes wrong. if everyone including elected politicians worship some capitalism god instead, there is a need to change personell, maybe have a look into alternatives to vote for instead of the past parties that don't act on the important issues?