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minus-squareKalysta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoImagine if we did this with climate change. Imagine if we tried to switch to renewable energy en masse 20 years ago.
minus-squareJohanno@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 months agoProblem with that is that in comparison the alternative to CFC was not that more expensive and then a cheaper one was invented shortly after. For climate change you basically can double our energy costs and therefore double the cost of almost everything.
minus-squarer1veRRR@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoBut that isn’t true anymore, right? Renewables are now way cheaper per produced Watt. And still, we’re stuck with people pretending that’s not true.
minus-squareJohanno@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoCurrently they are cheaper despite the financial support for fossils but back then it was not and not enough was spent on research
Imagine if we did this with climate change. Imagine if we tried to switch to renewable energy en masse 20 years ago.
Problem with that is that in comparison the alternative to CFC was not that more expensive and then a cheaper one was invented shortly after.
For climate change you basically can double our energy costs and therefore double the cost of almost everything.
But that isn’t true anymore, right? Renewables are now way cheaper per produced Watt. And still, we’re stuck with people pretending that’s not true.
Currently they are cheaper despite the financial support for fossils but back then it was not and not enough was spent on research