cross-posted from: https://lemmynsfw.com/post/11288860
Instead, Cerezo-Mota expects the world to heat by a catastrophic 3C this century, soaring past the internationally agreed 1.5C target and delivering enormous suffering to billions of people. This is her optimistic view, she says.
It’s not just a matter of funding renewables. If there exists production of fossil fuels and these are allowed to be burnt, the current economic system is going to look for economic opportunities where it is possible to turn those fossil fuels into money - and it will find them, because energy is the foundation of all economic activity. In this way, the renewable transition is never-ending, because it will continue to try and fulfill an energy demand that is ever growing.
That is also true. In production perspective there’s no sense to keep a small production quantity alive just for a limited application. Then we’ll arrive at the conclusion that governments need to be able to regulate businesses with objective policies - not affected by industry lobbying. But that would need a very robust system of governance where the people cannot be bought out, ideally.
That’s why in my view the key here is the policy - where to subsidize and not, where to tax and stop issuing permits, taking EOL pumps accountable etc.