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Originally Posted by Mazrim
We should reduce dependence on Solar and focus on Wind energy...oh wait, they kill birds too.
We should reduce dependence on Wind and focus on Nuclear...oh wait, that messes up the environment when they have an accident.
We should reduce dependence on Nuclear and focus on Tidal energy...oh wait, that kills sea life too.
We should reduce dependence on Tidal and focus on...coal? Oil? What's left? Back to the stone ages or bust I guess.
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That's quite pessimistic. There's lots of better and better ways to harvest energy and we can keep minimizing the effect on the environment. The end game on renewables is infinitely better than fossil fuels, so it's kind of a false dichotomy here when comparing acute impacts vs long term ones