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[โ€“] FaceDeer@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

One problem with getting people to address the climate crisis is that there's been a continuous stream of these "this is our last chance to fix X" headlines for many, many years now. I've seen so many of these where the deadline has passed that I can totally understand people getting jaded by this and considering new ones to be just chicken little alarmism. Or alternately, people deciding "guess it's too late to change now, might as well eat drink and be merry."

I'm not really sure what the "solution" to this is, but maybe we don't really need one. For example, this article itself says:

Energy efficiency, renewable energy and energy storage solutions have advanced by leaps and bounds, far faster than anticipated. Not only that, but costs have fallen to the point that renewable energy is less expensive than coal, oil and gas. Overall, weโ€™d all be better off economically if we shifted rapidly to more affordable renewables, especially given the volatility of fossil fuel markets.

If that's the case then we can just let natural human greed kick in and the transition to renewables will simply happen.