Post #274799
2026-02-12 20:05 UTC
@Ratoncita@mastodon.social @mister_shade02X2@mastodon.social @SeanCasten@mastodon.social There are two parallel things going on. First, there is the competition between solar, wind, fuel, natural gas and coal. Solar and wind and batteries are cheaper, and that's already impacting the worldwide revenues of oil and gas producers. The Trump administration is trying to preserve these profits by blocking solar and wind as much as it can, as in "ensure that energy production is profitable so energy is plentiful". Tell that to China...
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@huitema@social.secret-wg.org 2026-02-12 20:09
@Ratoncita@mastodon.social @mister_shade02X2@mastodon.social @SeanCasten@mastodon.social The second part is the change in the climate. Yes, it is a law of physics thing, burning fuel create gases that eventually change the climate. But people are not convinced yet, and will only get convinced once the catastrophes happen. The only real pressure I see now is the cost of disaster insurance, which is going way up. But people in general have not accepted it, and assign insurance cost increase to greed!