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Re:Breaching a “carbon threshold” could lead to mass extinction by QuickToBan on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @12:37PM (#20403626)
For one, sponsor lobbyists for renewables and invest in renewable energy plants. Do this especially where this competition from fossil fuel plants, with a clear intent to attempt to shut them down due to lack of business. Most customers will buy cheaper energy from renewables.
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Re:Breaching a “carbon threshold” could lead to mass extinction by graeme on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @12:50PM (#20403773)
Eyeballing this IEA report, globally there's about $600 billion per year spent on renewables, battery storage, and nuclear: https://www.iea.org/wei2018/

And let me assure you they have lobbyists.

Meanwhile, you have $10 billion to spend, once. It isn't an annual flow of money.

More renewable investment is helpful! But I fail to see how oligarchs could solve the problem as simply as you suggest simply by investing in renewables and lobbying.

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