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CrispyQ

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7. The transition we need is much bigger than getting off fossil fuel.

Reply to BootinUp (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 18, 2023, 10:23 AM

Oct 2023

There are too many of us to have a global economic system that depends on continual growth in a closed system. Until we change something in that equation we're doomed.

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Scientists lay out a sweeping roadmap for transitioning the US off fossil fuels [View all] BootinUp Oct 2023 OP

Maybe a future Congress will. CrispyQ Oct 2023 #1

I think... 2naSalit Oct 2023 #6

The only way we'll quit fossil fuels is by banning them. hunter Oct 2023 #2

so we have to be pessimistic on everything today BootinUp Oct 2023 #3

Let's quit pretending that wind turbines, solar panels, and electric cars will save the world. hunter Oct 2023 #4

You may be more informed BootinUp Oct 2023 #5

The transition we need is much bigger than getting off fossil fuel. CrispyQ Oct 2023 #7

The trouble is we boil everything down to a single definition of "economic productivity." hunter Oct 2023 #9

But continual growth carries some pretty falsifiable assumptions. Igel Oct 2023 #10

Unfortunately, if one takes a moment to download it and scan it, it's largely rehashed rhetoric. NNadir Oct 2023 #8