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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Of course global energy demand is high and will get higher. We understand that. The issue being debated is why humanity is still so far away from transitioning its power sources away from fossil fuels and toward clean alternatives.
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Because of population growth. More people = more energy demand.
You're asking new expensive energy technology to overcome global energy demand while at the same time being accelerated at an unprecedented adoption rate of literally no other technology in history. It's the way we have created our global economies, our global societies, and humanities way of life.
Not because Exxon is lobbying to not change gasoline consumption through US policy. Don't you see how myopic that is in the grand scheme of the problem?