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> I think there's a strong optimistic case that the private sector can get us there by 2100 or so So, never. The private sector has been dragged kicking and sc
by titzer 3y ago
> I think there's a strong optimistic case that the private sector can get us there by 2100 or so
So, never. The private sector has been dragged kicking and screaming to where we are now; Oil CEOs today are still resisting calls to decarbonize (https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/ceraweek-big-oil-executives-push-back-against-calls-fast-energy-transition-2024-03-18/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/ceraweek-big-oil-exe...) like it's the 1990s. Trillions in corporate sharedholder value are diametrically opposed to transitioning. They have vested interests, and a massive sunk cost with the current fossil fuel economy. We are so utterly screwed.
> that blunts economic growth
While economies have somewhat decoupled carbon from economic growth, putting economic growth as a master priority above all others is exactly what got us here and looking increasingly like a bad move.
- bluGill 3y agoThere is more than oilin the private sector. No surprise oil is resisting, but others are not.