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Re:Fossil fuel divestment has ‘zero’ climate impact, says Bi... by paulsutter on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @05:48PM (#21000423)
Wouldn’t it be better to reduce demand? Even just now where supply was literally taken out with missles (or were they drones?) that doesn’t affect how much fossil fuel is used. Why would divestment work any better?

To reduce demand you should either create cheaper ways to store alternative energy or make carbon based fuels more expensive with a carbon tax.

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Re:Fossil fuel divestment has ‘zero’ climate impact, says Bi... by noneckbeard on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @05:54PM (#21000486)
Can’t it be both? Those aren’t mutually exclusive, and in fact are hardly even related in terms of implementation.

And taking out supply to drive up cost of fossil fuel will absolutely have an impact. At least a few people will opt for the fuel economy version of their new car in the next few days after seeing the new sticker price of a gallon of gas.

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