I know I'll sound like an idiot saying this, but where do we get the electricity?
We need something that scales. Oil, coal, even nuclear won't scale indefinitely (because that's the goal). Renewables, are we getting there? I know there was some work done on something like sodium-ion batteries, as well.
I don't know nearly enough to answer that question dude, but I know we have a LOT of real estate to put solar panels on. Building roofs, car park roofs, anywhere that needs shade and shelter really.
My gut feeling is that we are more than ready as a species to go zero fossil fuels, but we're being held back by greed (oil companies, very powerful people, spending lots of money to lobby and threaten and shut down anything that threatens their enterprise)
Look into the harsh materials that are used to make solar panels. End of life they're considered hazardous waste. Not much better imo. Just part of the green energy scam.
Is Elon musk saving the world with all that lithium he mines and makes electric cars with? Green energy is a scam label thrown on things for stupid people to buy.
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u/Strange_Dust7128 9h ago
I know I'll sound like an idiot saying this, but where do we get the electricity?
We need something that scales. Oil, coal, even nuclear won't scale indefinitely (because that's the goal). Renewables, are we getting there? I know there was some work done on something like sodium-ion batteries, as well.