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Re:Gen Z members flock to climate careers by solarkraft on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @11:02AM (#28458098)
> As long as these young people vote out the climate change deniers

The gigantic problem is that we can’t. Old people have by far the most voting power.

And in the US those seem to be pretty securely glued to their TVs running Fox News (I know my american relatives were).

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Re:Gen Z members flock to climate careers by ZeroGravitas on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @12:29PM (#28459446)
There's definately some skullduggery when it comes to restricing democracy, but it's still the most straightforward and achievable avenue, and it sits upstream of everything else.

Imagine that one of the many nuclear zealots on HN invents a nuclear plant that is cheaper than fossil fuels, but only if you include the cost of carbon externalities? They wouldn't be able to build a business on that without societal support.

SPOILER: existing nuclear plants are already cheaper than fossil fuels with reasonable carbon fees [1]. Why haven't they been rolled out more? Because carbon fees have been fought by fossil fuel interests who spend a lot of money convincing young people that it was all the treehuggers fault.

1. https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_14674/carbon-pricing-power-...

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