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[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That list in particular , yes they can be covered by renewables

Im am of the belief that we cant maintain our current lavish lives on renewables alone though.

Personally I think scaling back mixed with renewables is the answer. Less priority for the meat industry (of which I am a partaker), more work from home, more low emmision public transport.

There is no one silver bullet in the fight against the climate change. It will take an amalgamation of methods.

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I agree with all of these things, but I find it doubtful that the industry, if left to the whims of its industry leaders, will ever take the plunge of their own accord, because they're making too much money producing fossil fuels. And that income includes massive subsidies, eclipsing any efforts towards renewables, meaning the state is also in collusion.

[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh absolutely. No disagreements here.

The quickest path to mitigating the effects of climate catastrophe is to reform out economic and therefore political system. Easier said than done though

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, I wouldn't say it's a simple fix. But the broad strokes are easily described: introduce democracy to our economy. True democracy, from the people, to the people. Let us dictate how the market functions and what it produces