Delusional article on climate change

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[–]NeoRail 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

My assumption would be that nuclear fusion power plants will power the grid and everything else will work off of that, like Tesla cars that can be charged directly with electricity etc. I am no engineer, however.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Electric vehicles account for only 2.2% of the global vehicle market share as of today. So, there's that. Then there's the question if there's even enough lithium in the world to make all the batteries we would need. And even if there is, how long would it take to mine the required amount? And that only accounts for cars. What about planes, trains, and ships? What about all the equipment we use to extract raw materials? Almost all of it runs on diesel.

[–]NeoRail 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

These are are all good questions, but as I said earlier, I am no engineer. Presumably there will need to be other ways to store electricity, if lithium is not a good solution.

[–]EthnocratArcheofuturist[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

By the way, I highly recommend Art Berman's work. Here's a very educational podcast with him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leE-_EKLv-k&t=324s