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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
I believe the idea is to go straight from coal to renewable. Steps in the right direction are considered bad because someone might decide to stop walking after the first step.
It is really an all or nothing argument that seems to me will result in greater CO2 emissions than embracing smaller steps.
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I think you're right, that "this is the idea" and it's not you're idea.. you're just clarifying. BUT what people don't understand is that renewables won't cut it. Go look at any jurisdiction that's put in a high penetration RES solution - emissions and/or prices increase dramatically. It doesn't matter that the turbines and panels themselves are inexpensive - they require massive infrastructure investment and are intermittent. Their EROI is too low to sustain an industrialized society. If they get implemented the way it's dreamed of while getting high huffing unicorn farts, our society will regress at best and more likely will face total collapse given the greater inequality between social classes it will cause. It will be a total clusterFata.