[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i don't think the world has been this f'd up before outside of ww2

i can't say if the government will take heed or not, because i certainly don't trust them, but i hope they do

We've known since the 1970's that climate change was coming for us, but generation after generation has been bought off by oil companies and here we are.

I mean, there was one politician who had a green new deal at the last election and has never been bought off by dictators, oligarchs, or big oil, but everyone knows how that played out.

[Cherie]

I don’t let the tank go below 3/4 before I fill up ...(a) because it feels like less money and (b) I don’t trust folks not to start panic buying at some point

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

This argument was being made last century, and well, if we'd committed to renewable energy independence, we most likely would be in a lot better position today.

I have a feeling people will be saying the same thing in another 20 years.

Yep it should be so simple but how can you create an industry where the right people are profiting? .. That's the real problem.

[Toy Soldier]

We should have been full-nuclear decades ago. Nuclear is the only sensible bridge between a fossil-fuel-fired energy grid and renewables. But everyone was understandably spooked by Chernobyl.

[The Slim Reaper]

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