> You don't fight the free market, its an equation that can't be changed.
Nonsense. Of course it can.
Buy any leaded petrol lately? Aerosols with CFCs? Landmines?
Why? Because nobody wants those things. The companies that made them liked them because they were more profitable than the alternatives (see also: labour laws, etc), but people just wanted transportation and deodorant.
> Cheaper energy always means cheaper production costs.
Absolutely, and a capitalist system will force companies to that cheaper energy to compete. That's not a criticism, that's a statement of fact.
So how do you fix that?
Make renewables cheaper through government investment and make fossil fuels more expensive through taxes, etc.
It's not rocket science.
That isn't to say it's easy. It's not. It's probably the single greatest challenge humanity has faced.
But we cannot simply pray to the invisible hand to save us. It really doesn't care.
Nonsense. Of course it can.
Buy any leaded petrol lately? Aerosols with CFCs? Landmines?
Why? Because nobody wants those things. The companies that made them liked them because they were more profitable than the alternatives (see also: labour laws, etc), but people just wanted transportation and deodorant.
> Cheaper energy always means cheaper production costs. Absolutely, and a capitalist system will force companies to that cheaper energy to compete. That's not a criticism, that's a statement of fact.
So how do you fix that? Make renewables cheaper through government investment and make fossil fuels more expensive through taxes, etc.
It's not rocket science.
That isn't to say it's easy. It's not. It's probably the single greatest challenge humanity has faced.
But we cannot simply pray to the invisible hand to save us. It really doesn't care.