Quite the debate going on here. I think what is missing from the O&G is evil conversation is also the recognition that almost all of the gains for humanity in the last 100 years have been due to the access to cheap and accessible energy. Comparing fossil fuels to tobacco is not a helpful comparison since tobacco never brought a single positive benefit. If the tobacco industry stopped tomorrow there’s no issue. If O&G stops tomorrow billions of people die, quickly.
But we have a crisis on our hands because of that same energy source that has helped us improve our standard of living so much. Realistically, I think we are likely going to miss the targets, too much of the world is growing and developing and wants to live our life style. So mitigation as part of transition has to be the path here, clean up what we are burning, push transition and work on adaptation and mitigation of climate change.
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