Heliga

Instead of the grey goo apocalypse everyone worried about with nanites, we'll have a green apocalypse.

>As long as air quality remains ok where I live, I don’t really care about the climate warming, and I feel it is something put into motion long ago, that our stupid “carbon credits” won’t do a damn thing to stop.

>If it gets really bad, well, human agency is a marvelous thing.

Don't take this the wrong way, but this reads as you're happy to ignore the problem because 'f you, I got mine'. Does that summarize your position fairly or unfairly?

>The last thing we need is politicians with investments in “green” technology forcing us to use “green” technology. (Same goes for those with investments in fossil fuels, shouldn’t be forced to use those either)

Ahh, so much for that human agency that you were so pleased with a moment ago.

Billions a year for the last hundred years (or whenever the technology became available). [1] This does not represent all of the subsidies, indirect and direct, nor the huge advantage that fossil fuel industry enjoys with millions to spend on lobbying and purchasing senators, that is, when the senators aren't already getting rich in the fossil fuel industry (see Joe Manchin and every 1 in 4 senators)[2].

[1] https://cen.acs.org/articles/89/i51/Long-History-US-Energy-S...

[2] https://www.salon.com/2021/11/07/one-in-four-us-senators-sti...