Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

hellwisp t1_izswi60 wrote

Reply to comment by DragoonXNucleon in [OC] Yearly Average Temperature in the UK, 1884 - 2021 by PieChartPirate

I can't imagine taxes doing much. The price of fuel increased by 100% and I don't see anyone driving any less than they did.

There needs to be a drastic shift to other sources of energy.. a forced change that corporations can't avoid. The capitalist megacorps are responsible for all the environmental negligence humanity has done in the past two centuries.

0

Thenerdy9 t1_izt3m8f wrote

actually yeah, price of fuel went up, but demand for gas is inelastic so demand wasn't affected too much - but prices have started going back down, an actual sign of falling demand, not increasing supply. so we shall see.

Alternatives are on the horizon. they need massive investment in scale-up and innovation.

Diesel may be hydrogen-paired to almost eliminate emissions. Electric cars may be scaled up if we can get the balance and equity of mining and recycling lithium and cobalt right...

5

hellwisp t1_izt5y6y wrote

Yeah.. the processes involved in lithium battery manufacturing.. not great.

What if all countries went full France and invested heavily into nuclear?

−1

Thenerdy9 t1_izx3tfj wrote

definitely an important player in the interim.

it is very political... but, from what I've heard at least in the US, nuclear facilities have encountered so much pushback about nuclear waste storage that they've pretty much given up and now store and manage it all on site. 🤷 and isn't that what we wanted all along...

2

matmoe1 t1_izsxl8s wrote

100%? That's crazy.. here it's only been like 25-35% i defo couldnt afford 100%

1

hellwisp t1_izsxt1n wrote

Yeah. It went from 0.9€/l to 2.05€ at it's peak. It's dropping now thankfully.

3