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Originally Posted by Brian Swartz
On relying 100% on renewables - I think those that support that would change their tune very quickly if we actually did that. There's a reason no industrialized country in the world has eliminated fossil fuels completely. The debate as I see it is really about how fast to move and in what ways. If we stopped using all oil, coal, natural gas etc. tomorrow the resulting economic collapse would be so massive that it's unimaginable in some ways. There would be no first-world nations, as we define them today, within months. Possibly weeks.
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I think it's more in the vein of saying any new vehicles bought by the government should be electric. New stuff should run on renewable energy. Not just saying "Hey guys. You can't use your gas-powered cars anymore."