The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable

Re:The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable by bluGill on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @07:51AM (#50179367)

Well, certainly not simple. It is actually workable and making a difference now because there's an alternative that works and is cheaper. the only thing we need to do is get people to start using it.

We probably shouldn't talk about an outright ban. There are a couple of places where we may need to say, in your niche, those don't work, so we'll let you continue using it. We'll worry about those later. Let's stop the vast majority of cases first. Then we start worrying about the niches.

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Re:The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable by cbg0 on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @08:25AM (#50179733)

What are you on about with niches? Most people can't afford a brand new EV car and have nowhere to charge it.

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Re:The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable by bluGill on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @10:08AM (#50181274)

People buying a new car can afford an EV. They should have to justify getting a gas engine. Part of this is they need to demand chargers (and more people buying EVs will result in chargers) in useful places to charge their car.

The above covers about 98% of all car sales: you can make an EV and if everybody else is also buying EVs that creates enough demand for things like chargers that they will automatically go in to fill the demand.

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