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dunderpust t1_j7yo1i9 wrote

Reply to comment by goodsam2 in Renewables are on track to satiate the world's appetite for electricity by ForHidingSquirrels

Some people thinks that this means we can just give up on renewables. As if in 20 years time, when we are reaching the crunch points, we will had have no technological development at all. Heck, if massive electrification happens and we get, say, 70% of our energy needs from low-carbon sources, we have already bought ourselves time for further technological development, and that's a huge boon already.

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goodsam2 t1_j7z6xd1 wrote

Yeah but it's a huge distinction. We don't have the technology to finish the job but we do have the technology for the next steps for a decade+

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dunderpust t1_j828fx6 wrote

Yep, no excuse for not going full speed ahead.

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