Ending fossil fuel use by the year 2030 is as “right now” as it is possible to get. It would require big changes starting immediately. No more petrol cars being sold, as of right now. Massive investment in freight transport by electrified rail, start building as soon as possible. Huge transformation of agriculture, you’ve got to replace or adapt every single fossil-fuel powered thing. Aviation, you won’t have time to save much of it if the goal is 2030, so you’re going do a lot less flying. The military is going to need a complete overhaul. Commercial and recreational watercraft will all urgently need to find new ways to operate. France goes through something like 40 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year for a variety of residential, commercial, and industrial uses all of which will need to find new energy sources or be discontinued.
Doing it in less than ten years starting from the very little that’s been done so far would be a world-changing accomplishment if they managed it.
The aim, he added, was to reduce this dependence from 60% to 40% by 2030.
Oh right, apparently they’re only looking to reduce its market share by a third, not “end” it. That is… somewhat less impressive.
It should be a world changing event. We should be all hands on deck right trying to solve this issue. Instead, most everyone is worried about the economy. Always reminds me of the dinosaur meme when the asteroid hits the earth. One of them says, oh shit, the economy. Really points to the absurdity of worrying about the economy when a liveable planet is at stake.
Ending fossil fuel use by the year 2030 is as “right now” as it is possible to get. It would require big changes starting immediately. No more petrol cars being sold, as of right now. Massive investment in freight transport by electrified rail, start building as soon as possible. Huge transformation of agriculture, you’ve got to replace or adapt every single fossil-fuel powered thing. Aviation, you won’t have time to save much of it if the goal is 2030, so you’re going do a lot less flying. The military is going to need a complete overhaul. Commercial and recreational watercraft will all urgently need to find new ways to operate. France goes through something like 40 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year for a variety of residential, commercial, and industrial uses all of which will need to find new energy sources or be discontinued.
Doing it in less than ten years starting from the very little that’s been done so far would be a world-changing accomplishment if they managed it.
Oh right, apparently they’re only looking to reduce its market share by a third, not “end” it. That is… somewhat less impressive.
It should be a world changing event. We should be all hands on deck right trying to solve this issue. Instead, most everyone is worried about the economy. Always reminds me of the dinosaur meme when the asteroid hits the earth. One of them says, oh shit, the economy. Really points to the absurdity of worrying about the economy when a liveable planet is at stake.
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