What with all the threats on the world's oil supply from Iran and others it's really really time to go renewable...

[wcmagumba]

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I hope the world figures out that we must go all out (or all in) on developing and implementing renewable energy...oil sux...

[wcmagumba]

2. Well, there's electric cars charged from renewable sources...

And batteries have allegedly seen (and will see more) big improvements in recent years.

[markie]

7. my partner is

in line to get one of these as they come off the line

https://aptera.us/

[AZJonnie]

3. Pretty much every vehicle (except a nuclear sub) runs on solar power

The difference is just when the sunlight actually hit the earth.

Like, just now, or 50M years ago

[Skittles]

6. especially when the greedy old pig party pimps for fossil fuels

[Jim__]

4. Jimmy Carter made that point in 1979. Too bad people didn't listen.

[Skittles]

5. Jimmy was SOOOOO ahead of his time

if we had done as he advised, we would be SO much better off - same with Hillary and healthcare

[3_Limes]

8. Countries like China are working hard on this right now. And before too long they'll be selling their renewable tech

To us. Yet another cornerstone of the future that Trump is throwing away for no good reason but his own greed.

[NNadir]

9. The problem with that is that so called "renewable energy" is not able...

...fossil fuels and in addition is so dependent on minerals and land that it is not remotely sustainable. The word "renewable" in the common locution is in fact a cruel joke.

The purpose of the half century of hype about so called "renewable energy" was never about addressing fossil fuels, in particular because it depends on fossil fuels. Rather the purpose was to attack the only sustainable form of primary energy there is, nuclear energy.

[hunter]

10. It's time we stop worshiping automobiles...

... and stop sacrificing the earth's natural environment and our own health to them.

Renewable energy isn't going to save us. We have to quit fossil fuels entirely. That will require something more than intermittent energy resources and batteries.

The most effective thing we can do is to rebuild our cities, turning them into attractive affordable places where car ownership is unnecessary. The people with the smallest environmental footprints generally live in cities and don't own cars. They also enjoy mostly vegetarian diets.

A car free lifestyle is not something that has to be forced on everyone.

If living in cities is so unpleasant, why does it cost so much to live in them?

For example, Zillo says my great great grandparent's house in San Francisco (which my great grandmother and her sister sold long ago) is now worth over $5,000,000. I imagine it's a very nice place to live.

Owning a car is not any sort of "freedom." I resent the fact that I'm forced to own a car in our society to be considered a fully functional adult. The external appearance of my old used cars reflects that resentment. I like it that I can ignore scratches and dings that are functionally irrelevant, which can be much relief to the drivers who make them, especially when I tell them not to worry about it.

Car breakdowns and high gasoline prices can be devastating to people living on the edge of financial ruin. What's the point of a society that worships automobiles and tortures people who can't pay the tithes?