Except that this is a luxury belief for many of the population, and politicians need to work within the constraints of what’s acceptable in terms of energy bills. Telling the bottom quintile that hea… (View Post)

They are indeed getting cheaper and better but they’re not quite there yet, especially on the infrastructure side. Great if you own a house, not so great if you rent an apartment, and likely to be a … (View Post)

You’re confusing me with Josias there. Yes IMHO Musk’s efforts with Starlink were critical to the Ukranian military in the early stages of the war, and continue to be today. (View Post)

Looking at that graph in isolation, what we need is more recessions and pandemics, as 2009 and 2020 were the best years ever for carbon emissions reduction. (View Post)

The difficulty in doing so, however, starts to rise exponentially as we approach zero. There’s not going to be many commercial aircraft or long-distance trucks using anything but fossil fuels for a w… (View Post)