• glibg@lemmy.ca
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    21 hours ago

    I don’t get it. He wrote a book in which he says that “He believes in the reality of human-driven climate change and the risks it poses to life on this planet.” (link) so I guess he’s making these fossil fuel concessions for the sake of the economy? If he truly understands the risks, what he’s doing seems extremely short sighted.

    Maybe our economy is so reliant on fossil fuels we can’t simply stop building new infrastructure? Maybe he knows that solar & batteries are growing so fast that these pro-fossil fuel deals are like a “last meal” to a dying industry? I don’t understand.

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      20 hours ago

      it’s reliant on fossil fuel in that the people who make decisions on it are beholden to monied interest that want to keep it going.