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Offline Omni

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Re: Climate Change - Marxism will Save Us
« Reply #30 on: November 25, 2017, 11:02:40 pm »
Even if you could create a better system than capitalism, how the heck are you going to convince every major country to change over to it simply for the sake of the environment? How will you convince China to change when their gov has an iron grip on the country and has economically benefited tremendously from the status quo in recent decades?  How will you convince people to drop the profit motive and exchange having more money for a healthier environment and reduced global warming?

No matter what system is in place, fossil fuels are cheaper than renewable energy like wind/solar etc.  Electric vehicles also need to run off the fossil fuel power grid, so even if electric cars had no issues with batteries or charging station availability they would still largely be running off dirty energy.

So what needs to happen to significantly tackle climate change no matter what system is in place is for the masses to choose to have more expensive renewable energy powering cities which will therefore increase hydro prices and the cost of virtually all products/services.  Are people across the globe willing to sacrifice their standard of living for the sake of the environment?  At least in the short or medium term until technology may discover a renewable energy source cheaper than fossil fuels?  So far the masses have said overwhelmingly "no".

China, India, and much of Europe are already moving away from fossil's to renewables. What if Europe for instance took the over 100 billion euro subsidy they provide for fossil fuels currently and put it into energy supplies that won't help kill you now, and will inevitably run out one day? Capturing 1/10 of 1% of the solar energy that hits us each day would keep all the lights on. Pretending that the earth is already **** will ensure it will be, sooner rather than later.