The Alternative Green Energy Thread

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JKenH said:

Interesting podcast about changing attitudes to climate change in the UK and the impact on UK politics.

“From this…

I believe that we have a moral duty. We will be ending our contribution to climate change by 2050 and legislating for a net zero emissions target.

Green is good. Green is right.

To this…

Net zero by 2050 is impossible. I want a better future and a better environment for our children, but we have to get real.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/have-we-stopped-caring-about-climate-change/id1501716010?i=1000725803493 includes transcript if, like me, you prefer the written to the spoken word.

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/29451228-60ed-4423-9a93-759b00f4c865/episodes/8f346775-5402-4b4b-82ff-06aa8a24c405/the-story-have-we-stopped-caring-about-climate-change?ref=dm_sh_OWt6YH5nOzr6QCE0eDKRyMAN9

It's odd how just when the effects of climate change have never been clearer and the technologies to tackle it have never been cheaper and are now the cheapest option almost everywhere, there has been a growing rejection of that reality in Britain and some other developed countries.

Or perhaps not odd as it's driven by a reactionary movement that by definition is backward looking and exploits the badly informed... I bet its typical supporter wouldn't have a clue that for example solar is now by far the largest contributor to the world's increase in electricity demand, that renewables have pushed fossil fuel burning for electricity generation into absolute decline for the first time, that ICE vehicle production peaked almost 10 years ago and all growth since has been in EVs etc. It would blow their tiny minds if they were able to accept it rather than denying it.

As Philip K !!!!!! said 'Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away'. We can stop believing in reality but the world is moving on with or without us. All we'll achieve by rejecting reality is some self harm.