To go off on a tangent for just a moment: we should be clear that we are not going to be rescued by converting our cars to electricity or by switching our current insane energy "needs" to "renewable" sources. Technology will not save us. We are not going to be able to have our cake and eat it too:
The Climate Movement is Making a Huge Mistake
"Judged by their actions rather than their words, many environmental organizations put more emphasis on sustaining a modern western lifestyle than on sustaining the planet.
They’ve become more focused on what is politically feasible than what is ecologically necessary."
https://archive.ph/iSBMo
The Rising Chorus of Renewable Energy Skeptics
The green techno-dream is so vastly destructive, they say, we have to come up with a different plan.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/07/Rising-Chorus-Renewable-Energy-Skeptics/
Do I report what I've learned about solar PVs - or live with it, privately?
https://archive.ph/OYDCS
24/30
How did we get here?
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