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Originally Posted by Mathgod
You're blatantly conflating the sudden energy supply crisis in Europe with the overall concept of humanity weaning itself off of fossil fuel use (read: burning fossil fuels) over the next 30 years. In the very article you posted it LITERALLY SAYS that Moscow cutting off supply to Europe is what's causing the sudden supply crunch.
Germany's decision to shut down its nuclear plants was silly, I'll agree with you there. But I shake my head at your attempt to use what's happening in Europe as some kind of smoking gun example of why environmentalists are wrong, or why we shouldn't be moving as quickly as we feasibly can toward a clean energy future.
The idea here is to stop burning fossil fuels when we are ready to do so. We obviously aren't at this particular moment. That day will eventually come, and we ought to do what we can to make that day come as soon as possible.
So to answer your question, I'd be happy to see carbon pricing implemented in every G20 country, and increased in places where it's already implemented, including here in Canada. I already live a low consumption lifestyle compared to most middle class people. I avoid restaurants except for very rare occassions, and I avoid buying new things except when absolutely necessary. My vehicle trips are limited to very short trips to the grocery store about twice a month.
Being a fan of the local sports teams makes me a hypocrite, sure. But the day will come, hopefully soon, when airplanes are powered by non-fossil-fuel energy sources.
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To be clear, the statement I am making is this:
Environmentalists and propaganda put us in a precarious situation when it comes to energy security in the Western world. By pressuring oil and gas companies to cut spending before replacement technologies were economically feasible or scalable. The Ukraine crisis simply pushed us 2 - 3 years forward on what was inevitable based on the experts I talk to on a quarterly basis including the IEA, KAPSARC, the major Canadian and US economists for major banks, and the major oil and gas companies both state and public.
Government and regulators who don't understand the energy ecosystem as a whole are making decisions based off of knee jerk reactions rather than sound economical and scientific based fact. Including but not limited to constraining production, constraining egress, not allowing building of nuclear and other base load power solutions.
In short, idealists like yourself and Greta are to blame because you do not have an ounce of an idea how energy works and take it for granted. This has lead to public pressure which has lead to poor decisions on investment and regulation.