Post #2401265
2026-05-10 23:37 UTC
The Iran war is reducing demand for fossil fuels and driving the world toward renewables for everybody but the US, writes Rebecca Solnit. "This is how the attack by one petro-state (ours) on another (Iran's) may be turning out to be very bad for petroleum, because the only thing history loves more than a surprise party is irony."
https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/truth-consequences-climate-and-demand-destruction/
Via @pluralistic — Thanks!
https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/04/hope-in-the-dark/))
Replies (3)
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@yacc143@mastodon.social 2026-05-11 04:54
@mitch@hachyderm.io @pluralistic@mamot.fr Shrug, if Trump wants to prevent that, he should block the sun and wind at the Strait of Hormuz too.
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@AlfNoProblem@mastodon.social 2026-05-11 04:58
@mitch@hachyderm.io @pluralistic@mamot.fr Thanks for the links. Favorite quote: "The renewables transition is now a self-licking ice-cream cone, a flywheel that only spins faster and faster." Not sure how true or not it is, but I like it and I hope that it is.
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@soviut@hachyderm.io 2026-05-11 05:09
@mitch@hachyderm.io @pluralistic@mamot.fr it bodes well for transit and bike infrastructure as well.