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#275: Why are we surprised by the inevitable? (surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com)
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[-] D61@hexbear.net 4 points 6 months ago

We are social creatures that like stories.

The story that fossil fuels are bad and that electric vehicles with point source environmental consequences that can be mitigated through [insert economics 101 term here] is a good story.

An honest assessment of what it would take for a society to transition from a fossil fuel based to renewable based is only a good story for engineering and math heads.

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