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So the only counter-solution they offer is to force the gas- and oil-industry to invest more into green solutions?

• mangecoeur 3y ago
  Sounds good
• rcMgD2BwE72F 3y ago
  The O&G industry won't invest judiciously (they'll do it reluctantly). Anyone else would do it better. And the best employees in that industry can easily move to the green tech market so there's nothing to lose in the transition. Let's outlaw the extraction and burning of fossil fuels, and tax it as much as possible to make the alternatives more economical until renewables are crushing O&G for good. It isn't like renewables (or nuclear is necessary) is a saturated market already.
  • xkcd1963 3y ago
    The cost of manufacturing renewals doesn't seem to be accounted for. As example, it takes a lot of chemicals to produce batteries and electronics and it is unknown what happens to the waste in the manufactoring process. We see now the negative impact the increase of oil and gas price has on the European markets. Everything becomes more expensive if energy itself becomes more expensive. Outlawing gas and oil while cheaper or equally cheap alternatives are not present wouldn't work