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Originally Posted by Tinordi
But there again, this is a patently false position to take. Reducing GHGs is technically and economically feasible right now. What's holding it back? Politics.
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Science and investment. Do you really think that whatever replaces oil and gas won't be run by the same moneyed interests? When there's money to be made on alternatives - when they're approaching viability in the market - investment will flood in. And then we'll have Big Solar and Big Geo, or some other bogeymen for the anti-capitalists to vilify.
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Originally Posted by Tinordi
Maybe it's just sheer or irrational self-interest. People dependent on oil and gas industries are highly motivated to believe that nothing is a problem and trying to convince people that they should do nothing. But many of these people have children. So that doesn't really explain it.
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I'd be happy to see Canada start building nuclear plants all over the place. It's an excellent source of energy. But it won't happen, because of fear-mongering and gaia romanticism.
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Originally Posted by Tinordi
It's almost as if its satisfying to be on the wrong side of history: "I'll show those no good people who want to make a better world for future generations and biodiversity of planet earth! Those people are the real problem. Once they learn, hah, then I'll have my comeuppance!"
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It's almost as if it's remarkably easy and satisfying for people to signal their support for a moral crusade that vilifies an easy target like Big Oil, so long as they don't have to make any material sacrifices of their own.
There's a catastrophe looming, but
I don't have to change. I can still fly to Costa Rica and drink Australian wine and eat oranges year-round. It's
those guys who have to change.