Can’t really defend against some backwards legislature passing a law that says, “you can only use coal stoves to heat your house” or something, but it seems like a rear guard action that’s fighting a fundamental shift in how we generate energy. If renewables are cheaper, much of the world will just go with that, which is what will drive most of the transition.
It is definitely a rearguard action, but it is a big enough deal that it has the potential to slow decarbonization enough to push temperatures outside of the range where we’re reasonably assured of a civilization-supporting planet.
Can’t really defend against some backwards legislature passing a law that says, “you can only use coal stoves to heat your house” or something, but it seems like a rear guard action that’s fighting a fundamental shift in how we generate energy. If renewables are cheaper, much of the world will just go with that, which is what will drive most of the transition.
It is definitely a rearguard action, but it is a big enough deal that it has the potential to slow decarbonization enough to push temperatures outside of the range where we’re reasonably assured of a civilization-supporting planet.