>>12038908The only silver bullet it to stop being a defeatist virgin.
>oil is not leaving the sceneWe can greatly reduce our need for oil, at least energy wise.
>and nuclear energy will not save the dayIt is great for providing a base load. Peaker plants could be battery/other-storage from solar and wind.
A nice side effect from using batteries is increased demand and economy of scale, which will make electric cars cheaper too.
Futhermore, we need to think in economic terms. You can't just ignore economics. We need to concern ourselves with supply AND demand. Elongated Muskrat was smart and made electric cars a luxury item, I wouldn't buy a Tesla because it is basically an iCar, but it did increase the demand for electric cars.
On that same line of thought I think we should further develop wood construction. By using wood from "wood farms" (not deforestation) we can capture carbon in a economically viable way. Not only that but concrete production is responsible for ~8% of CO2 emissions.
Wood construction is generally cheaper and faster than concrete/steel and offers a good life cycle as long as there are no hurricanes, it provides better thermal insulation and the interior looks the same.
There is research being done in constructing buildings with wood, the last time I checked there were buildings up to 10 stories high made of wood.
Unfortunately, atm, there is only one place in the world where wood constructions is common, the US, and that is only for houses.
Ofc, a carbon market would be great. But unfortunately left wing liberals don't know anything about economics and think that the market mechanism is a evil conspiracy theory. Right wing conservatives also do not know anything about economics and don't like the idea of a carbon market because liberals already care about the environment.
