seekknowledge4ever t1_iufu81m wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:19 AM

Only now, when the climate is collapsing these changes are brought up.

If solar is cheap now, it would also be cheaper back twenty, thirty years ago if money had been poured into R&D back then - and the change to renewables would have been in full swing by now.

Yet- facing self-destruction - only now we scramble to catch up and stop relying on fossil fuels.

Manawqt t1_iuh5iaa wrote on October 31, 2022 at 8:39 AM

> facing self-destruction

We're not facing self-destruction. Read the latest IPCC report or watch this short video based on it. Yes, things will get tough, and they will get expensive, and we should do everything we can to prevent it, but we will get through it.

AftyOfTheUK t1_iug0mjh wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:08 AM

>If solar is cheap now, it would also be cheaper back twenty, thirty years ago if money had been poured into R&D back then

You're failing to notice the survivor bias in this scenario.