Drastic reductions in energy use aren't going to happen ....
Then I think we're fucked. I don't think there's any practical way to simply swap our astronomical fossil-fuel energy expenditure with renewables.
Not at the current costs. That's why I said the cost of renewables needs to be brought down to below the cost of fossil fuels. Humans can be creative and inventive beings, maybe someone (not a politician) can create some sort of incentive to help bring it out.
I consider that to be ignoring the problem, playing into the hands of the companies who make money from fossil fuels. You are describing how we lost, not how we can get out of this mess.
We've had all the technology we needed to fix things up for decades - we just didn't act in basic ways to fix the problem.
I consider that to be ignoring the problem, playing into the hands of the companies who make money from fossil fuels. You are describing how we lost, not how we can get out of this mess.
We've had all the technology we needed to fix things up for decades - we just didn't act in basic ways to fix the problem.
Drastic reductions in energy use aren't going to happen so perhaps the focus should be on reducing costs for cleaner sources. And I'm not talking government subsidies that don't actually reduce overall costs. I'm talking about finding ways to build and run the sources cheaper. Fossil fuel use won't be effectively reduced until the supplies are eliminated or the price for the alternatives become cheaper for everyone without the use of subsidies.