Post AYskxPlEfss97U6rfk by ErictheCerise@kolektiva.social
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 (DIR) Post #AYskxOgEgzHLlglMEy by ErictheCerise@kolektiva.social
       2023-08-19T07:11:00Z
       
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       Why don't the world leaders seem to take the #ClimateCrisis more seriously?Daily, more and more regular people are realizing that our "window" to gradually transition away from #FossilFuel|s closed, long ago, and that we must stop burning them NOW, must stop sucking them out of the ground NOW.And yet, our leaders—including many quite progressive ones—keep right on planning this slow-motion, decades-long, someday-switch.Why?IDK actually know ... I'm just another regular person, watching it unfold.However ... 1/2
       
 (DIR) Post #AYskxPlEfss97U6rfk by ErictheCerise@kolektiva.social
       2023-08-19T07:11:34Z
       
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       I look to #GameTheory .Quitting #FossilFuels right now would, in fact, be bad for the global economy. Just think, eg, of all the people still paying off loans on their ICE-cars, who wake up tomorrow to find that gasoline is no longer available at any price, and their cars are now less than worthless? And a thousand similar wrenching changes to people and businesses.But that's actually the best-case, if the whole world quits together.What if just Germany quits, unilaterally? Or Canada? Or even the US?Then that country's economy crashes alone, and the rest of the world reaps a benefit, because fossil fuel prices would actually go down, thanks to the decrease in demand.Every leader on Earth has been aware of this conundrum, one way or another, for 40+ years. Every leader keeps waiting for someone else to take the plunge first.And we lemmings march on.