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Fossil fuel crisis framed as transition problem, not energy shortage
Original: The global crisis of # fossilFuels is not an # energy crisis: # Renewables to the contrary are getting ever cheaper. Peo
Commenters argue the current crisis is a fossil fuel problem rather than an energy crisis, pointing out that renewables keep getting cheaper. The argument is that switching to cheap renewable sources is a matter of political will, and that doing so would also avoid harming the atmosphere and reduce dependence on fossil fuel exporters.
Why now: Renewable costs keep falling while fossil fuel prices and supply concerns remain in the news
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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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