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Fossil fuel crisis framed as a transition problem, not energy scarcity
Original: The global crisis of # fossilFuels is not an # energy crisis: # Renewables to the contrary are getting ever cheaper. Peo
Commenters are arguing that the current fossil fuel turmoil is not an energy crisis, since renewables keep getting cheaper. The point being made is that the technology and economics already favour the switch, and the real obstacle is the failure to move decisively away from fossil fuels, which would also cut emissions and reduce geopolitical leverage of producer states.
Why now: Fossil fuel price volatility and energy security concerns are pushing debate over a faster switch to cheap renewables.
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- The global crisis of # fossilFuels is not an # energy crisis: # Renewables to the contrary are getting ever cheaper. People just have to get their act together and switch to the cheap option. And yes, I know that that wouldn't destroy the atmosphere and it also wouldn't empower… · adrian_fellhauer@sueden.social · 8
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