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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
The issue is that phase out of fossil fuels in 30 years is a requirement. If we don't, billions of lives are at stake [I]forever[I], and you can't undo the damage.
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Yeah, sorry that's just not going to happen in any realistic scenario (atleast not one without a massive humanitarian crisis). Not in the West, where we are too used to the comforts and stability that fossil fuels give us, and especially not in the East and Global South, where many developing nations are still emerging out of poverty and are cranking up their energy needs as they grow and try to attain our standard of living. Those countries will do what allows them to raise their standard of living in as efficient/affordable way as possible, not what some talking head in the West tells them to do.
The reality is that even if renewables grow, fossil fuels are not going away, and they will always be part of the mix. We as a society don't really reduce our use of energy sources, we tend to just add more to the pile. Look at this chart below...even though our coal % is less than it used to be, and everyone considers it a fuel of yesteryear, we actually use much more of it today than we did 50 years ago. The same will happen to Oil and Gas, as the East/South rise in quality of life will demand it.
