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Fun fact: 87% of the world's energy is from fossil-based fuel[1]. Over the next 40 years (e.g. in our lifetimes) that will go to zero[2]. We are living in the g
by diafygi 11y ago
Fun fact: 87% of the world's energy is from fossil-based fuel[1]. Over the next 40 years (e.g. in our lifetimes) that will go to zero[2]. We are living in the generation that will be most remembered, not for the Internet, but for the transition off fossil fuels.
[1]: http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=11951 http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=11951
[2]: http://www.pvsolarreport.com/the-next-internet/ http://www.pvsolarreport.com/the-next-internet/
- frisco 11y ago> We are living in the generation that will be most remembered, not for the Internet, but for the transition off fossil fuels. Bold claim. If that transition goes well and we address the climate issues, I think it's more likely we'll be remembered for the internet and not for yet-another-almost-catastrophe-averted.
- DarkTree 11y agoFor people in the future, the age of fossil fuels is going to be a small blip in the history of human civilization. To many people, it may even be weird that it was ever thing at all, given that our earth had renewable resources all along. Hopefully, that shift in mindset takes place, where people cannot imagine not considering environmental impact.
- civilian 11y agoWhy would it be weird that it was a thing at all? Renewables have usually been more expensive than fossil fuels. We're at a point in history where we're transitioning the human race from being 99% in absolute poverty into fractions of that. Yes, fossil fuels are not sustainable, but for the sake of bringing people out of poverty I think the reasons why we used fossil fuels will be obvious to an historian who isn't clouded by their own futuristic first-world bias.