Re:A severe heat wave is gripping India
by triceratops on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @04:55PM
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> You seem to be suggesting that the economic system of adding more people and more consumption should be the path out of this.
Not really, no. Electrifying everything will be expensive and make things expensive. Consumption will reduce naturally as a result.
> Texas or the UAE, where they blast AC in the open air?
They're both excellent places for solar and wind, so why not?
> How can anyone roll coal from an electric pickup?
Tax the s** out of ICE vehicles. I have an ICE vehicle myself, so I'm not speaking casually.
> Culturally, the US won’t adapt quickly enough,
And yet you're suggesting that we can somehow "ratchet down the use of cement and fertilizer"? The solutions I'm proposing are all technical and more tractable than changing the culture of a nation.
Not really, no. Electrifying everything will be expensive and make things expensive. Consumption will reduce naturally as a result.
> Texas or the UAE, where they blast AC in the open air?
They're both excellent places for solar and wind, so why not?
> How can anyone roll coal from an electric pickup?
Tax the s** out of ICE vehicles. I have an ICE vehicle myself, so I'm not speaking casually.
> Culturally, the US won’t adapt quickly enough,
And yet you're suggesting that we can somehow "ratchet down the use of cement and fertilizer"? The solutions I'm proposing are all technical and more tractable than changing the culture of a nation.