Zealots do what zealots do, but assuming that the weather over the next five years is median, the backlash should make things perfect for beginning
a massive buildout of renewables.
There has also been
a massive buildout of oil pipelines in the U.S., taking crude from the Bakken and the Permian to refineries on the East and Gulf Coasts.
Not exact matches
A solution he considers is «Pour
massive amounts of public money into energy R&D and infrastructure
buildout,» which sounds great, but how exactly do you do it?
# 298 — «I find it interesting that the thing you can least imagine happening is a commitment to degrowth, even though that essentially is just a commitment to words (rather than
massive infrastructure
buildouts required for a major ramp up of alternatives); and to imagining an economy that can actually be potentially sustained long term on a finite planet.»
Ironically therefore, CO2 released to maximize the speed of this
massive infrastructure
buildout will actually lower the climate impacts experienced by the majority of global citizens.