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Solar panels, trains, wind turbines, bicycles and so forth all have to be made and they usually turn a profit. There are also a lot of positive site benefits of a lot of climate solutions.
This is not to say fossil fuels do not employee a lot of people and fixing climate change is going to hurt people, but it is not as simple as having no benefits.
But they don’t have the crazy high margin of making a piece of software and then charging subscription fees forever
that may be true, but who owns all the lawmakers?
spoiler alert: it's not the damn bicycle companies
edit: more information https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2023/05/31/report-finds-228-local-restrictions-against-siting-wind-solar-and-other-renewables/
it's about money. that's it. big oil has the money, and wants the rest of the money--renewables hinder that, so renewables are hobbled forever. it seems like it should be more complicated, but it's not. it's the money, period
That is why renewables replacing fossil fuels is so important. As soon as an industry looses its profit margin, it starts to loose political power as well.